MANILA, Philippines — More than 500 kilos of illegal drugs are still waiting to be destroyed as lower courts handling drug cases have yet to conduct their respective inspections of the seized evidence.
PDEA Director General Wilkins Villanueva revealed this Wednesday during the incineration of seized illegal drugs worth more than P1 billion at a waste management facility in Trece Martires, Cavite.
“Pending in court, we still have about 567.4 kilos of dangerous drugs,” he said during a speech. “Malaki po ito, at pipilitin po nating gisingin ang ating mga korte nationwide, para mabigyan tayo ng ocular inspection para sa eventual destruction of dangerous drugs.”
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