ILLEGAL drugs are rampant in 51 villages in the province of South Cotabato, according to Katryn Gaye Abad, information officer of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Region 12 (Soccsksargen).

Abad said out of the 199 villages in the 10 municipalities and lone city of South Cotabato about 140 have been declared as drug-cleared areas.

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