Manila, June 21 -- Authorities have seized a total of PHP89.79 billion worth of narcotics across the country a month before President Rodrigo Duterte steps down from office.
In its latest Real Numbers data as of May 31 and released on Tuesday, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said the amount includes PHP77.01 billion worth of shabu.
Since the start of the Duterte administration in mid-2016, authorities have destroyed 8,195 kilograms (kg.) of shabu, 5, 111.76 kgs of marijuana, 23.7 kgs of ecstasy, 534 kg. of cocaine, and 3,491 kg. of other dangerous drugs while dismantling a total of 1,197 drug dens and 19 clandestine shabu laboratories.
A total of 15,271 high-value targets (HVTs) across the country were arrested since the an...