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CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga - The police will never back down against illegal drugs and will sustain all their gains under the Duterte administration. Brig. General Matthew Baccay, Philippine Regional Office-Central Luzon (PRO-3) Director, said Friday their commitment to eradicate illegal drugs still holds. "We would remain relentless in our anti-illegal drug operations and in our drive to put a stop to the illegal drug trade," Baccay said in a statement. Data from PRO-3 showed that 821,084.95 grams of shabu with a Dangerous Drugs Board value of about PHP5.58 billion, and 1,204,634.48 grams of marijuana worth some PHP144 million were confiscated in the region from July 2016 to date. A total of 106,790 anti-illegal drug operations were launched in the region during the same period, leading to the arrest of 62,749 and the death of 2,423 suspects. Baccay said PRO-3 will continue its proactive operations, in partnership with Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, to wipe out all ....