President Rodrigo Duterte salutes the honor guards welcoming him upon his arrival at the 10th Infantry Division in Compostela Valley on September 20. (MNS photo)
MANILA, Sept 22 (Mabuhay) — A total of 1,197 drug suspects have been killed since the Duterte administration started its intensified campaign against illegal drugs in July.
Data provided by police regional offices showed that as of 6 a.m., September 22, the Philippine National Police conducted 19,106 operations which also resulted in the arrest of 18,451 drug suspects.
A total of 717,487 drug suspects have also surrendered, of whom 664,193 were users and 53,294 were pushers.
The police have also visited 1,118,664 houses under Oplan Tokhang where they knock at houses and appeal to drug suspects to surrender.
Meanwhile, of the 1,971 incidents of death under investigation, including those whose bodies were found with a cardboard sign stating they were either a drug pusher or user, a total of 1,660 deaths remain unsolved.
Police have finished investigating and have filed charges on 311 incidents or 15.78 percent of the total number of deaths under investigation.
Of the number, suspects have been arrested in 197 cases while suspects remain at large in the remaining 114 cases. (MNS)