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(Photo from Real Numbers Facebook page) MANILA - Almost 14,000 drug suspects tagged as high-value targets (HVTs) across the country have been arrested since the start of the Duterte administration's crackdown on illegal drugs in mid-2016, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) reported on Monday. Based on PDEA's latest Real Numbers data, a total of 13,996 HVTs were arrested from July 1, 2016 to Nov. 30, 2021. The figure includes 6,158 HVTs arrested from high impact operations, 3,830 target-listed suspects, 1,449 drug den maintainers, 796 drug group leaders/members, 511 governmen...

MANILA - The Duterte administration's massive campaign against illegal drugs continues to gain success after more than 400 barangays have been cleared of illegal drugs in the last two months. Based on the latest Real Numbers data released by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on Thursday, the number of barangays declared drug-free as of October 31 reached 23,270 or 412 higher compared to the 22,858 recorded as of August 31 this year. A total of 12,125 barangays have yet to be cleared of illegal drugs. PDEA spokesperson Derrick Carreon earlier said before declaring that a baranga...