PH on US govt drug watch, envoy credited for drug cartel bust

THE United States government has placed the Philippines at the center of its anti-narcotics operation in Asia following reports that notorious drug rings that used to sell drugs only in the West have found their way to the East through their Chinese counterparts.

In fact, a high-ranking United States government official is credited for the recent bust in Lipa City of a drug syndicate composed of members of the notorious Sinaloa drug cartel and local druglords of Chinese descent.