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PDEA GIVES ₱10,262,337.03 REWARD TO 13 INFORMANTS

PRESS RELEASE: #012/22

DATE: April 19, 2022

The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) gave ₱10,262,337.03 monetary rewards to 13 confidential informants who provided information that led to 22 successful anti-drug operations and seizure of voluminous amounts of illegal drugs.

The granting of financial incentives is under PDEA “Operation Private Eye”, a citizen-based information collection program designed to encourage the active participation of private citizens to report illegal drug activities in their communities.

PDEA Director General Wilkins M Villanueva gave the monetary rewards to the informants who were identified only through their code names, and wore masks to protect their anonymity, during the awarding ceremony held today, April 19, 2022 at the PDEA National Headquarters in Quezon City.

The following informants received their corresponding cash rewards:

Date of Operation	Name of Informant	Area of Operation	Result of Operation	Type of Operation	Amount of Reward
August 1, 2021	Codename “Dream”	Magsaysay Street, Barangay San Bartolome, Novaliches, Quezon City	Seizure of 127,031.50 grams of shabu, and the arrest of three drug personalities	Buy-bust	₱2,000,000.00
July 24, 2021	Codename “Dream”	Avida Settings, Barangay Molino IV, Bacoor City, Cavite	Seizure of 19,993.81 grams of shabu and the arrest of one drug personality	Buy-bust	₱1,094,267.50
August 1, 2021	Codename “Dream”	In front of China Bank Savings, Paso De Blas Branch, General Luis Street, Barangay Paso De Blas, Valenzuela City	Seizure of 16,002.90 grams of shabu and the arrest of one drug personality	Buy-bust	₱1,050,854.55
May 9, 2021	Codename “Bonky”	Axis Road, Kalawaan, Pasig City	Seizure of 21,898.25 grams of shabu	Buy-bust	₱1,219,866.15
April 26, 2021	Codename “Bonky”	Moab Street, Town and Country Homes Subdivision, Barangay Burol 1, Dasmariñas City, Cavite	Seizure of 10,348.93 grams of shabu and the arrest of a drug personality	Buy-bust	₱766,739.75
May 2, 2021	Codename “Palanyag”	Ninoy Aquino Avenue, Barangay Sto. Niño, Parañaque City	Seizure of 10,012.46 grams of shabu and the arrest of a drug personality	Buy-bust	₱815,474.61
May 7, 2021	Codename “Palanyag”	Diamond Street, Camella Homes 3C Pamplona III, Las Piñas City	Seizure of 10,014.39 grams of shabu and the arrest of three drug personalities	Buy-bust	₱807,176.85
March 8, 2021	Codename “Palanyag”	McDonalds Muntinlupa Highway, Barangay Tunasan, Muntinlupa City	Seizure of 2,005.11 grams of shabu and the arrest of five drug personalities	Buy-bust	₱159,946.93
May 15, 2021	Codename “Palanyag”	Parking Lot of Sunshine Mall, FTI, Arca South, Taguig City	Seizure of 1,996 grams of shabu and the arrest of two drug personalities	Buy-bust	₱115,695.75
March 2, 2021	Codename “Palanyag”	Riverbanks Walkway, Barangay Barangka, Marikina City	Seizure of 666.69 grams of shabu and the arrest of two drug personalities	Buy-bust	₱61,503.27
September 29, 2021	Codename “Salonga”	In front of Somo Market, Daang Hari Alternate Route, Molino IV, Bacoor City, Cavite	Seizure of 7,010.50 grams of shabu and the arrest of two drug personalities	Buy-bust	₱581,454.06
October 12, 2021	Codename “Myay”	Sitio Ampaliwen, Poblacion, Sadanga, Mountain Province	Seizure of 156,474.60 grams of dried marijuana leaves and the arrest of three drug personalities	Interdiction Operation	₱500,000.00
July 17, 2021	Codename “Bakil”	Sitio Tangan-Tangan, Barangay Lingah, Luuk, Sulu	Seizure of 11,000 pieces of fully-grown marijuana plants and 6,000 grams of dried marijuana leaves	Marijuana eradication	₱269,200.00
March 26, 2021	Codename “Otoh”	Barangay Masjid, Punjungan, Kalingalan Caluang, Sulu	Seizure of 11,000 pieces of fully-grown marijuana plants	Marijuana eradication	₱220,000.00
September 21, 2021	Codename “Datu”	Ummul Qura Village, Barangay Buanza, Indanan, Sulu	Seizure of 2,019.8 grams of shabu and the arrest of one drug personality	Buy-bust	₱158,495.56
September 24, 2021	Codename “Datu”	Sitio Bato Kipang, Barangay Kanaway, Parang, Sulu	Seizure of 1,988.9 grams of shabu and the arrest of six drug personalities	Buy-bust	₱96,718.88
June 26, 2021	Codename “Datu”	Public Market, Barangay Población, Maimbung, Sulu	Seizure of 1,003.3 grams of shabu	Buy-bust	₱25,497.93
October 13, 2021	Codename “Littoko”	Sitio Oowayen, Poblacion, Sadanga, Mountain Province	Seizure of 19,232.50 grams of dried marijuana leaves and the arrest of five drug personalities	Interdiction Operation	₱115,395.00
October 25, 2021	Codename “Nonon”	Seaside Boulevard, Pasay City	Seizure of 1,116.84 grams of shabu and the arrest of one drug personality	Buy-bust	₱82,780.19
July 30, 2021	Codename “Marie”	Narciso Ramos Highway, Barangay Tambo, Sultan Mastura, Maguindanao	Seizure of 515.2755 grams of shabu and the arrest of two drug personalities	Buy-bust	₱52,989.92
August 25, 2021	Codename “Kobid-21”	Parking Lot, Star Mall, Alabang, Muntinlupa City	Seizure of 530 grams of shabu and the arrest of three drug personalities	Buy-bust	₱36,949.61
July 10, 2021	Codename “ABS”	Biraddali Beach, Tumangas, Parang, Sulu	Seizure of 936.1 grams of shabu and the arrest of two drug personalities	Buy-bust	₱31,330.52

The Private Eye Rewards Committee is composed of members from the academe, non-government organizations, law enforcement, religious and business sectors, who deliberates and approves the granting of cash rewards to confidential informants.

“Operation Private Eye” is an incentivized program to embolden the citizenry to come out in the open and report illegal drug activities happening in their neighborhood with guarantees of anonymity, confidentiality and security,” Villanueva said.

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