The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on Tuesday destroyed dangerous drugs and controlled precursors and essential chemicals (CPECs) worth more than P7 billion at the Integrated Waste Management Inc. in Barangay Aguado, Trece Martires City, Cavite.
The total amount of dangerous drugs with a total net weight of 1.4 kilos and a total net volume of 101,811,553.20 milliliters were pieces of drug evidence seized from various anti-drug operations conducted by PDEA, along with counterpart law enforcement and military units.
Based on a consolidated report of the PDEA Laboratory Service, the quantity of the destroyed pieces of drug evidence and their estimated value were 1,060,824.2884 grams of shabu (P7,213,605,160.85), 317,489.4685 grams of marijuana (P38,098,736.22), 230.4580 grams of cocaine (P1,221,427.40), 9,169.7344 grams of ecstasy (P15,588,548.48), 1,037.8671 grams of ketamine (P4, 047,681.69), \379.0000 milliliters of GBL (P563,762.50); .3600 grams of Diazepam, 34,900.00 grams of methylephedrine, 2,849.20 milliliters of liquid marijuana, 258,324.00 milliliters of Toluene, 101,550,000.00 milliliters of MEK, 1,808.8200 grams of ephedrine, .6500 grams of amphetamine, 1,015.8400 grams of codeine, and 1.0000 milliliters of Meth HCl.
The pieces of drug evidence were destroyed through thermal decomposition or thermolysis that involves breaking down chemical compounds with the use of tremendous heat.
The destruction of the dangerous drugs is in compliance with the guidelines set on the custody and disposition of seized dangerous drugs under Section 21, Article II of Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, and Dangerous Drugs Board Regulation No. 1, Series of 2002.
Representatives from the Department of Justice, Department of the Interior and Local Government, local officials of Barangay Aguado, Philippine National Police and other law enforcement agencies, non-government organizations, and media partners, together with key PDEA officials witnessed the said activity.