00:00In the face of the campaign against illegal drugs, more than a million pesos worth of illegal drugs were confiscated by the Philippine National Police and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Rizal.
00:13Two illegal drugs were arrested.
00:16JM Pineda is in the center of the news.
00:21After the operatives of Rodriguez PNP and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency confirmed
00:27that two of their associates in Barangay Burgo in Rizal were under the influence of drugs,
00:31they immediately investigated and arrested them.
00:35Six plastic sachets containing the contents of 150 grams of illegal drugs were confiscated by the suspects during a bypass operation.
00:44More than a million pesos worth of illegal drugs were confiscated,
00:48and they are being transported to other nearby areas.
00:52We have been investigating this for a long time, and it's good that we were able to catch this.
00:57If this were to be exposed, many of our youths would be victims.
01:05It's good that we were able to catch this.
01:09In defense of one of the suspects, he was not under the influence of drugs.
01:13Yesterday, I went to a town called Tambacal Road, Burgos.
01:20I was buying soft drinks when I was asked if I was Patrick.
01:25I was not able to stop him because his gun was pointed at me.
01:30When he was driving, I was able to catch him.
01:32I was not under the influence of drugs that day.
01:37The female suspect refused to face and give any statement to our camera.
01:42According to the police, one of their targets was able to escape from the operation.
01:47The female suspect was able to escape,
01:50but Rodriguez PNP insists that they will be able to catch the remaining suspect soon.
01:57The suspects are facing charges under RA 9165,
02:02particularly under Sections 5 and 11, for the sale of illegal drugs.
02:06Rodriguez PNP is now encouraging their campaign against drugs, especially to the youth.
02:13Actually, there are reported cases of youth who are being jailed.
02:20According to our report, we are working hard and we have a program here in Montalban
02:26where we have drug awareness in schools to prevent the use of illegal drugs.
02:33At the same time, he is also encouraging the anti-criminality campaign in the whole country.
02:39JM Pineda for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.
