Duterte ready to kill dealers

– Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte yesterday renewed a threat to kill drug dealers after police seized 756kg of methamphetamines, a haul he said proved the Southeast Asian country had become a transhipment point for narcotics.

The crystal methamphetamine, with a market value that police put at 5.1 billion pesos (R1.7 billion), was one of the biggest seizures since Duterte unleashed his bloody war on drugs in 2016.

“If you destroy my country distributing 5.1 billion pesos worth of shabu ... I will kill you,” he said. – Reuters

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