THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) dropped six local officials from its narco-list, saying their participation was limited to “pleading for the release of relatives arrested for drug use.”
In a press briefing on Wednesday, PDEA Director General Aaron Aquino said the removal of five mayors and a vice mayor, all unidentified, reduced the number of suspected narco-politicians from 83 to 77.
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