Group 2 Module

ILLEGAL DRUG
TRAFFICKING IN THE
PHILIPPINES
PREPARED BY:
PCPT MARK RENZI S OGALESCO
PLT EDRIC JOMARI V CHING
PLT ANDY T DOBLAS
PLT SUZANNE DIZON
INTRODUCTION
Drug trafficking is a global illicit trade involving the cultivation, manufacture,

distribution and sale of substances which are subject to drug prohibition laws. UNODC is
continuously monitoring and researching global illicit drug markets in order to gain a more
comprehensive understanding of their dynamics. Drug trafficking is a key part of this
research. Further information can be found in the yearly World Drug.
• In 2008, global heroin seizures reached a record level of 73.7 metric tons. Most of
the heroin was seized in the Near and Middle East and South-West Asia (39 per
cent of the global total), South-East Europe (24 per cent) and Western and Central
Europe (10 per cent). The global increase in heroin seizures over the period 2006-
2008 was driven mainly by continued burgeoning seizures in the Islamic Republic
of Iran and Turkey. In 2008, those two countries accounted for more than half of
global heroin seizures and registered, for the third consecutive year, the highest
and second highest seizures worldwide, respectively.
PRODUCTION
• MARIJUANA
 As the Philippines is a signatory to the 1961 United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, Cannabis is
classified as a Schedule I drug, which limits its use to medical and scientific purposes. Marijuana is the second most
used drug in the Philippines, (methamphetamine), and most cultivation in the country is for local consumption.
Cannabis is cultivated mostly in the remote, mountainous regions of Luzon and Mindanao.
• METHAMPHETAMINE (Shabu)
 Drug syndicates have been producing methamphetamine in small-scale and kitchen-type laboratories to avoid
detection by the Philippine authorities since 2010. Usually, drug syndicates rent warehouses for use as drug
laboratories. These syndicates have moved towards renting houses in private subdivisions, condominiums and
apartments to be used as bases for their illegal drug production. Private properties are becoming more favorable to
drug syndicates as sites of illegal drug production.
 Methamphetamine remains more feasible to sell in the Philippines than cocaine, a more costly illegal drug.
PRODUCTION
• PARTY DRUGS
 MDMA (ecstasy), one of the party drugs, is the third most abused drug, next to cannabis and
methamphetamine.
 The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency discovered the production of "fly high", after a raid
on a condominium unit in Makati. The effects of use of fly high includes sleeplessness, loss of
appetite, and high libido.
 In May 2019, 39 bricks of cocaine valued at around 4 million were found by fishermen in the
Philippines. While officials believe that this cocaine was in transit to Australia, Philippine
Drug Enforcement Agency believes this was intended to be a diversion.
PRODUCTION
• CHINESE CARTEL INVOLVEMENT
 About nine Chinese drug cartels are involved on most illegal drug trade in the Philippines. The
U.S. Department of State found out that Chinese drug cartels are behind the trade of
methamphetamine hydrochloride on the Philippines.
 The president divulged the names of the members of a large Chinese triad group in an
interview with PTV-4 on July 7. The members of the triad group included Chinese drug lords,
namely Wu Tuan, aka tatay Co, Jameson Ching, Peter Lim, aka tiger balm, and Herbert
Colangco, with the three under the protection of Marcelo Garbo Jr, one of the Philippine
National Police generals named by Duterte on July 5.
PRODUCTION
• MEXICAN CARTEL INVOLVEMENT

 In a raid on a small cock-fighting operation in Lipa city, officials found 84 kilograms of
methamphetamine also known by the locals as "shabu.” In the raid three affiliates of the
Sinaloa Cartel were arrested, the Sinaloa Cartel being led by drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo"
Guzman.
SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES:
• CRIME
• VIOLENCE
• CORRUPTION
• MARGINALIZATION
• HIGHER RATES OF INTOXICATION BY
CHEMICAL CONTAMINANTS IN THE DRUGS
CAMPAIGN AGAINST ILLEGAL DRUGS
• PHILIPPINE DRUG WAR

 is the anti-drug policy and actions of the Philippine government under President Rodrigo
Duterte, who assumed office on June 30, 2016. According to former Philippine National Police
Chief and Senator Ronald dela Rosa, the policy is aimed at "the neutralization of illegal drug
personalities nationwide".
 Duterte has urged members of the public to kill criminals and drug addicts. Research by media
organizations and human rights groups has shown that police routinely execute unarmed drug
suspects and then plant guns and drugs as evidence. Philippine authorities have denied
misconduct by police.
CAMPAIGN AGAINST ILLEGAL DRUGS
• DEATHS
 A week after Rodrigo Duterte was inaugurated on June 30, 2016, it was reported that about 1,000 drug
pushers and users had been killed in police operations and around 1,000 killed in drug-related incidents. A
March 2017 INCSR report by the United States State Department estimated that 6000 extrajudicial
killings had resulted from "police actions and vigilantism".
 The total number of deaths associated with the war on drugs fluctuates depending on the source. In June
2019, the government reported a death toll of 5,526 deaths of "drug personalities." While in that same
month a former police chief reported that the number was closer to 6,700. In December 2018, the
country's Commission on Human Rights (CHR) estimated that death toll could be as high as 27,000.[34]
Police told local media in March 2019 that since the drug war was launched, there were approximately
29,000 killings, of which 3,062 or about 9.47 percent were illegal drug-related.
SUPPORT
• The New People's Army is against
Duterte's war against drugs,
especially on government
officials, police, and the military
until the present. A poll released
in September 2019 found that the
war on drugs has an 82%
satisfaction rate among Filipino
citizens. Additionally, in that
same poll, Duterte's approval
rating was at 78%.
COMPREHENSIVE DANGEROUS
DRUGS ACT OF 2002
 Officially designated as Republic Act No. 9165. It was signed into law by President
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on June 7, 2002.
 Under this act, the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) remains as the policy-making and
strategy-formulating body in planning and formulation of policies and program on drug
prevention and control.
 It also created the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) under the Office of the
President, which serves as the implementing arm of the DDB. The PDEA is responsible
for the enforcement of all the provisions on any dangerous drugs, controlled precursors
and essential chemicals as provided in the act.
ENFORCEMENT
• PHILIPPINE DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
 Its primary implementing agency. The list of illegal drugs may modified by the DDB through
a proceeding initiated by the PDEA, the Department of Health, or any petition by a concerned
party.
• PNP DRUG ENFORCEMENT GROUP(PNP DEG)

 One of the National Operational Support Units of the Philippine National Police which is
responsible for the prevention and control of illegal drugs in support to the PDEA as
mandated.
PENALTIES
• Under the law, anyone guilty with importation or sale of dangerous drugs, with the manufacture
of illegal drugs, or with the operation of a drug den can be punished with life imprisonment to
death and a fine ranging from ₱500,000 to ₱10,000,000. Anyone guilty with importing or selling
drug precursors, protecting other violators, or working as an employee in a drug den can be
punished with 12 years and a day to 20 years of imprisonment and a fine ranging from ₱100,000
to ₱500,000. The maximum penalty is given if the sale or delivery was done within 100 meters of
a school, if a minor was directly involved in the process of handling dangerous drugs, or if the
victim of the offense is a mentally incapacitated individual.
• The penalty for possession of illegal drugs depends on the quantity of the drug (regardless of
quality) and the type of drug.
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ILLEGAL DRUG

Drug trafficking is a global illicit trade involving the cultivation, manufacture,

• MEXICAN CARTEL INVOLVEMENT

• PHILIPPINE DRUG WAR

• PNP DRUG ENFORCEMENT GROUP(PNP DEG)

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