Authorities are hunting down politicians allegedly involved in illegal drugs on the list of President Rodrigo Duterte, as well as drug lords reportedly seeking refuge with an armed group in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).

Chief Supt. Agripino Javier, ARMM acting police regional director, told The Manila Times on Thursday by phone that law enforcers are doubling their efforts in running after the so-called narco-politicians whom they earlier asked to surrender, or be shot along with the suspected drug lords if they resist.

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