P600-M worth of illegal drugs destroyed | Inquirer News

P600-M worth of illegal drugs destroyed

/ 05:28 PM June 25, 2014

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CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna, Philippines — Illegal drugs worth P637.8 million were incinerated in a facility of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Cavite on Wednesday.

The illegal drugs, seized from various anti-narcotic operations since the start of the year, were kept and used as evidence in court cases.

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They were destroyed to “eliminate any misconception that these items are being recycled and peddled back into the streets,” Undersecretary Arturo G. Cacdac, Jr., PDEA director general, said in a statement.

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The drugs, which had a total weight of 386.08 kilograms, were composed of shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride), ephedrine, cocaine, marijuana, ecstasy, valium, oxycodone and expired medicines.

Much of the drugs stockpiled at the PDEA was ephedrine, a primary ingredient in manufacturing shabu, the PDEA said.

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Destruction of the seized drugs was held at the Integrated Waste Management Inc. in Barangay (village) Aguado in Trece Martires City.

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TAGS: Cocaine, Ecstasy, ephedrine, Incineration, marijuana, Oxycodone, PDEA, Regions, shabu, Valium

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