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PDEA posts 46.4 percent conviction rate
The Philippine Star
|September 21, 2025
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency has posted a conviction rate of 46.4 percent on the cases it handled under the Marcos administration, data from the PDEA showed.
According to the data, there were 1,802 cases resolved from July 2022 to August 2025. Of the figure, 837 or 46.45 percent resulted in the conviction of the drug personalities involved.
This story is from the September 21, 2025 edition of The Philippine Star.
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