More than 78,000 wanted persons have been arrested by the Philippine National Police (PNP) over the past 12 months.
According to PNP chief General Rodolfo Azurin Jr., a total of 78,293 individuals were arrested based on the consolidated assessment report of the Directorate for Operations as of December 7.
In the same period, a total of 2,940 members of organized crime groups were summoned up and 381 were neutralized, 162 criminal group members surrendered, and 369 firearms were confiscated.
Moreover, 2,440 members of communist terrorist groups surrendered to authorities with renewed hopes of becoming productive members of mainstream society, 17 guerilla fronts were dismantled, and 1,133 firearms were surrendered.
The PNP also acquired 32, 441 loose firearms with 9,724 individuals arrested and 4,930 cases filed in court.
Meanwhile, police apprehended 3,135 for illegal logging, 29,572 for illegal fishing, and 103,159 for illegal gambling in other non-index crime cases.
