ILOILO CITY, May 15 -- The Police Regional Office 6 (PRO6) will adopt new strategies amid its successful anti-drug operations to respond to the marketing strategy initiated by drug syndicates, the region's top cop said on Wednesday.

"Our campaign doesn't stop because we know it is one of the major contributors to some of the crimes happening in our area of responsibility," PRO 6 Director Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky said in a press conference.

Since he assumed as director on Feb. 15, 2024, the intensified campaign launched by various police units against illegal drugs has yielded around 17,924.5 grams of shabu valued at over PHP121.89 million and arrested 763 drug personalities as of May 12.

Wanky said that during the regional anti-drugs summ...