According to
Romeo Caramat Jr., Bulacan Provincial Director Senior Superintendent, Police
conducted 66 "buy-bust" operations, in which undercover police
attempt to buy illegal drugs from suspected dealers, in the province of Bulacan
and Twenty of the "buy bust" operations and 14 searches
"resulted in armed encounter'.
Since coming
to power in June 2016, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has unleashed an
aggressive crackdown on drugs that has left at least 3,400 alleged dealers and
users dead. The number of dead suspects on Tuesday is the highest the province
has seen in a single night.
He referred
to the night of police action as a "one-time, big-time" operation,
indicating that it was targeting "notorious drug pushers." In
addition to the 32 killed, 107 persons were also arrested.
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