MANILA, April 29 -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on Tuesday said it confiscated PHP24.95 million worth of illegal drugs from April 18 to 25.

The PDEA said 51 operations nationwide also resulted in the arrest of 52 individuals, seizing from them 3,115.45 grams of shabu, 50 grams of cocaine, 4.94 grams of ecstasy, 4,760 grams of dried marijuana leaves, and 14,600 marijuana plants

PDEA Director General Isagani Nerez said the operations, executed through strategic buy-busts, routine checkpoint inspections, and intelligence-driven interdictions, resulted in the neutralization of illegal drug activities in villages, city centers and transit points.

The regions with major accomplishments were the National Capital Region (NCR)...