P30-M drugs kept as evidence incinerated
COTABATO CITY — A total of P30.2 million worth of narcotics that had been preserved as evidence for the courts over several years were finally destroyed on Monday at a private thermal power plant’s incinerator in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao del Norte.
Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (PDEA-BARMM) Director Christian O. Frivaldo said on Tuesday that officials joined a symbolic destruction of the illegal substances which had been seized from drug traffickers.
The drug haul comprised of P24.3 million worth of “shabu,” P813,740 worth of dried marijuana, and P5 million worth of cocaine, along with three boxes of expired medical grade barbiturates and tranquilizers surrendered by legitimate drug stores in the region.
“All of the shabu, cocaine and marijuana that we burned in that incinerator were seized in operations supported by the National Bureau of Investigation, units of PRO-BAR, the Army’s 6th ID and Army brigades and battalions in BARMM and the Philippine Coast Guard,” Mr. Frivaldo said. — John Felix M. Unson
