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₱76.17 billion worth of methamnetamine was seized, 4,307 minors (aged 4–17) has been "rescued" from the illegal drug trade. 6,241 people were killed in the 233,356 anti-illegal drug operations conducted from July 1, 2016, to March 31, 2022. [252] Duterte expressed willingness to be tried for his role in the war on drugs but only in domestic ...
Duterte, 2016. Rodrigo Duterte ran his presidential campaign on a ruthless anti-crime and anti-drugs platform. Following his landslide victory in the May 2016 elections, the Philippine Drug War was launched to fulfill his campaign promise of wiping out criminality in the country within six months.
Another similar incident occurred on May 14, 2021. Quezon City police Novaliches station drug enforcement unit personnel and PDEA agents conducted anti-illegal drugs operations independent of each other in a same parking lot near a shopping mall in Novaliches.
In accordance with his campaign promise, President Rodrigo Duterte initiated the war on drugs shortly after he took office on June 30, 2016. [9] [10] As of July 26, 2017, the Philippine Information Agency reported 68,000 anti-drug operations which resulted in around 97,000 arrests, 1.3 million surrenders, and around 3,500 drug personalities killed in legitimate police operations. [11]
He served under the Duterte administration as the chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) from July 1, 2016 to April 19, 2018, overseeing the government's anti-drug campaign. [4] He also served as Director General of the Bureau of Corrections from April 30 to October 12, 2018.
Ninja cops, or narco cops, is a term that was popularized at the height of the Philippine drug war, which began during the presidency of Rodrigo Duterte in 2016. It refers to a label used to refer to police personnel who are alleged to be involved in the illegal drug trade themselves by reselling portion of the contraband seized in anti drug operations.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda expressed concern over the drug-related killings in the country on October 13, 2016. [58] In her statement, Bensouda said that the high officials of the country "seem to condone such killings and further seem to encourage State forces and civilians alike to continue targeting these individuals with lethal force."
In the campaign against Illegal Drugs, this Group has conducted Six lead operations and 464 joint operations with other Law Enforcement Agencies that resulted in the arrest of 520 individuals and seizures of 143,951.129 grams of suspected “shabu”, 94,516.6 grams of suspected Marijuana with standard drug price amounting to PhP1,250,628,825.06.