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Metro Manila crimes dip in 2018 due to drug war: police
Metro Manila crimes dip in 2018 due to drug war: police
ABS-CBN News
Published Jan 02, 2019 03:11 PM PHT
FILE PHOTO: The body of an alleged drug dealer lies on the ground after he was killed by an unidentified assailant in Manila on March 23, 2018. Noel Celis, AFP
MANILA -- The number of crimes recorded in Metro Manila fell in 2018 compared to the previous year, the capital's police commander said Wednesday, as he attributed to the decline to the ongoing war on drugs.
There were 14,633 crime incidents in 2018, down 21 percent from 18,524 in 2017, said Director Guillermo Eleazar, chief of the National Capital Region Police Office.
Murders were reduced by 52 percent, crimes against persons went down by 27 percent, while crimes against property dropped by 17 percent, he said.
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