PDEA chief: 20 actors, 11 actresses on drugs watchlist

PDEA chief Aaron Aquino. INQUIRER FILE

MANILA, Philippines — Twenty actors and eleven actresses are among the 31 celebrities on the government’s drugs watchlist, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director General Aaron Aquino said Wednesday.

“Of the 31, I think eleven are actresses and the rest are actors,” Aquino said in an interview with ANC’s Headstart.

“[Sa] thirty-one na yan, palagay ko tatlo lang yung matanda. All of them are young,” he added. “Puro bata, at least 20 or 30” in age, he said.

[Of the 31, I think only three are veterans. All the rest are young… at least 20 or 30.]

The PDEA chief revealed Tuesday that celebrities who use drugs go out partying in clubs.

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However, Aquino said they could not yet name the celebrities pending confirmation.

“We can’t disclose the list to the public without undergoing some process of validation,” he said. /cbb