The Philippine National Police (PNP) has recorded a total of 8,315 high value targets (HVTs) as it pushed on its relentless campaign against illegal drugs, data from the PNP Directorate for Operations (DO) showed.
DO Director Camilo Pancratius Cascolan aid the data on high-value personalities covered from July 1, 2016, to September 19, 2017.
He said that, of the number, 1,473 HVT personalities have already been arrested, while 145 others died during the conduct of police operations.
Cascolan said at least 3,489 HVTs have also surfaced and surrendered. They are still under the watch of the authorities.
The remaining 3,103 HVTs were classified as either deceased, undergoing rehabilitation, monitored to be in other countries and mostly reported as “cannot be located in their respective areas.”
Latest number on anti-illegal drugs campaign, on the other hand, showed there are 1,308,078 drug personalities who have appeared and surrendered, while 113,932 were arrested from the same period.