Drugs destroyed

Some 1473,552,333.83 worth of dangerous drugs were destroyed by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Cavite yesterday as the agency further intensified its war on illegal drugs as ordered by President Duterte.

PDEA Director General Isidro S. Lapeña said a total of 329,361.59 grams (329.36 kilograms) of assorted pieces of drug evidence were destroyed through thermal decomposition at the Integrated Waste Management, Inc. (IWMI) in Barangay Aguado, Trece Martirez City Cavite.

The confiscated evidence include methamphetamine hydrochloride, or shabu, liquid methamphetamine, cocaine, ketamine, marijuana, ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, ecstasy, methylephedrine,methylphenidate,lorazepam, nitrazepam, clonazepam, alprazolam, heroin, codeine and expired medicines.

Thermal decomposition is the process by which various compounds are broken down into single units by the application of heat wherein reconstruction of the substances is impossible.

Based on the consolidated report of the PDEA Laboratory Service, among those destroyed during the activity were 141,776.43 grams of shabu worth 1425,329,290; 5,850.25 grams of cocaine worth 122,230,950; 3,621.37 grams of ketamine worth 118,106,850; and other dangerous drugs.