CALOOCAN CITY, (PIA) --Four civilian informants of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) received a total of ₱11,209,089.85 in cash rewards during the awarding ceremony held Monday, December 19, 2022, at the PDEA National Headquarters in Quezon City.

PDEA top officials commended the informants identified through their codenames: MALA, DENVER, DREAM, and MAMBO for providing information that led to the successful conduct of anti-drug operations, seizures of voluminous amounts of illegal drugs and arrest of high-value targeted drug personalities under the PDEA “Operation: Private Eye”.

The Operation Private Eye Rewards Committee, composed of members from the academe, non-government organizations, law enforcement, religious and business sectors approved a resolution granting the monetary rewards to the four qualified informants for the 4th Quarter of CY 2022 after careful deliberation.

The largest reward - a total of ₱ 6 million - was received by informant “MAMBO” who provided information to the PDEA Intelligence Service in three separate instances, all resulting to successful anti-drug operations, namely:

a) The seizure of 77,964.34 grams of Methamphetamine Hydrochloride and the arrest of two (2) drug personalities during a buy-bust operation inside a condominium unit along Brgy. Barangka-Ilaya Mandaluyong City on December 27, 2021.

b) The seizure of 59,649.03 grams of Methamphetamine Hydrochloride and the arrest of a drug personality during a buy-bust operation at Km. 23, Brgy. Lias, Marilao, Bulacan on March 2, 2022.

c) The seizure of 159,300.33 grams of Methamphetamine Hydrochloride and the arrest of two (2) drug personalities during a buy-bust operation at 22-B JP Rizal Street, Arty Subdivision, Brgy. Karuhatan, Valenzuela City on March 8, 2022.

Apart from informant “MAMBO”, other confidential informants such as Informant “MALA” received ₱1,209,089.85 for providing information to the PDEA RO-NCR Manila District Office that resulted in the seizure of 15,013.43 grams of Methamphetamine Hydrochloride and the arrest of two (2) drug personalities during a buy-bust operation at CCP Bay Terminal Parking Lot, Brgy. 720, Malate, Manila on July 4, 2022.

Informant “DENVER” was awarded ₱2,000,000.00 for providing information to the NBI-TFAID resulting to the seizure of 1,585,251.24 grams of Methamphetamine Hydrochloride and the arrest of ten (10) drug personalities during a buy-bust operation in Brgy. Comon, Infanta, Quezon on March 15, 2022.

Finally, informant “DREAM” received ₱2,000,000.00 for providing information to the PDEA Intelligence Service resulting to the seizure of 37,962.50 grams of Methamphetamine Hydrochloride and the neutralization of four (4) drug personalities during a buy-bust operation at Blk 8 Lot 21 Gladiola St., Phase II Punta Verde Subdivision, Brgy. Pulung Cacutud, Angeles City, Pampanga on October 18, 2021.

“Operation Private Eye” is PDEA’s long standing citizen-based information collection program designed to encourage the active participation of private citizens to report illegal drug activities in their communities. The OPE is credited for providing key intelligence in many of PDEA’s high-impact operations (HIOs). (pdea/pia-ncr)