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Bacolod police net ₱157.3-M drugs in 2025
Manila Bulletin
|January 19, 2026
The Bacolod City Police Office recovered shabu and marijuana worth P157.3 million in 2025, a 47.6 percent increase compared to P106.6 million in 2024.
Police confiscated 22.9 kilos of shabu worth ₱155.8 million and 12.6 kilos of marijuana valued at ₱1.5 million from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2025, a 46.2 percent and 52.7 percent increase, from the previous year.
A total of 597 anti-illegal drug operations were conducted in 2025, leading to the arrest of 785 suspects, 50.1 percent higher than the 523 in 2024.
This story is from the January 19, 2026 edition of Manila Bulletin.
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