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BY KEVIN GALANG<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga \u2014 A monthlong crackdown\u00a0 by the Police Regional Office 3 has resulted in the confiscation of P836.4-million worth of illegal drugs, arrest of hundreds of wanted persons, and recovering unlicensed firearms in Central Luzon.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The anti-crime drives were conducted from August 1 to 31.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n According to Police Regional Office 3 (PRO3) director Brig. Gen. Ponce Rogelio I. Pe\u00f1ones Jr. , the significant accomplishments reflect the Central Luzon police\u2019 unrelenting campaign to ensure safer communities.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Pe\u00f1ones said the crackdown was in line with the 7-Point Agenda of acting PNP chief Lt. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr., particularly through Enhanced Managing Police Operations (EMPO).<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n In the campaign against illegal drugs, PRO3 conducted 659 operations that led to the arrest of 1,006 suspects, including 34 \u201chigh-value individuals.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n A total of 122,631.645 grams of shabu, 11,370.711 grams of marijuana, and other illicit substances, with an estimated street value of P836,406,721.22 were confiscated.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n PRO3 also intensified its manhunt operations, arresting 745 wanted persons during the same period.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The arrests included 13 of the region’s most wanted persons, 43 of provincials’ most wanted, and 59 wanted in the municipal level.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Parallel operations against loose firearms further strengthened community safety by recovering several unlicensed guns, effectively reducing the risk of criminal activities in the region.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cWe continue to be relentless in our mission to rid our communities of illegal drugs and criminals. These results are products of intensified intelligence-driven operations and sustained coordination with our partner agencies like the PDEA,\u201d Pe\u00f1ones said.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Central Luzon top cop stressed that PRO3 remains steadfast under the leadership of PNP chief Nartatez Jr..<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cThe PNP-PRO3 is fully committed to making our streets safer and ensuring our people feel more secure,” Pe\u00f1ones added.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" BY KEVIN GALANG CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga — A monthlong crackdown by the Police Regional Office 3 has resulted in the confiscation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16122,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/crackdown.jpg",415,260,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/crackdown-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/crackdown-300x188.jpg",300,188,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/crackdown.jpg",415,260,false],"large":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/crackdown.jpg",415,260,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/crackdown.jpg",415,260,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/crackdown.jpg",415,260,false],"kreeti-slider-full":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/crackdown.jpg",415,260,false],"kreeti-featured":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/crackdown.jpg",415,260,false],"kreeti-medium":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/crackdown.jpg",415,260,false],"kreeti-medium-square":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/crackdown-350x260.jpg",350,260,true]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"Provincial<\/a>","tag_info":"Provincial","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16121"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16121"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16123,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16121\/revisions\/16123"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}