PDEA-BARMM Seizes Drugs, Firearms, Explosives in Southern Philippines Operations; Links to Terror Group Remnants Emerge
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) conducted two successful operations, seizing illegal drugs, firearms, and explosives. Four suspected drug peddlers were arrested, with three allegedly linked to remnants of a defunct regional terror group.
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