Tag: illegal drug operations

President Duterte: PDEA to conduct all anti-illegal drug ops in country, PNP to “maintain police visibility”

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has given the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency the lead role in anti-illegal drug operations in the country, essentially stripping the Philippine National Police and others of their authority to conduct the same. In a two-page memorandum, President Duterte said the PNP, the National Bureau of Investigation, the Armed Forces of the Philippines, the Bureau of Customs, the Philippine Postal Office “and all other agencies or any and all ad-hoc […]