Cordillera PDEA busts P4 B drugs, nabs 911

By Carlito C. Dar

CAMP DANGWA, La Trinidad, Benguet -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in the Cordillera since January conducted 815 buy-bust/entrapment operations and confiscated over P4.69 billion worth of dangerous drugs and arrested 911 individuals, including 89 persons listed in the drug watch list and 69 in the target list.

               

This was bared in a report as the PDEA-Cordillera

celebrated July 26 its 10th year anniversary with the theme, ‘A decade of safeguarding the nation through effective drug enforcement'.

               

The PDEA-Cordillera regional office, headed by Regional Director Ronald Allan Ricardo, highlighted its anniversary program here at the regional police office where the agency reported neutralization of 15 local drug groups in the region.

               

On marijuana eradication, PDEA conducted  117 operations which resulted to destruction of P4.5 billion worth of marijuana plants.

               

Ricardo said they are implementing competency enhancement for their 44 agents, three technical staff, 11 administrative personnel and four project employees.

               

The PDEA was created by Republic Act 9165 or the Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 signed on June 7,  2002 and took effect July 4, 2002.