177 cops charged for drug offenses

More than 170 police officers have been charged with drug-related offenses in Metro Manila and about 120,000 people have been placed behind bars under the administration’s war on drugs, President Marcos reported yesterday.

- ALEXIS ROMERO

In a video message posted on Facebook, Marcos assured the public that he would not allow police officials to violate the law.

“What happened was 177 police officers have been charged with drug-related offenses, including the planting of evidence, unlawful arrest and excessive violence only here in NCR (National Capital Region),” Marcos said.

“We are pursuing 151,818 court cases by the DOJ (Department of Justice) from 2022 to 2023, with 121,582 violators already in jail in relation to the drug trade,” he added.

Marcos said the 177 officers held accountable for drugs and the 121,582 convictions were not just numbers, but were “lives transformed and communities uplifted.”

The President also claimed that his administration had “confronted corruption head-on.”