QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — National Capital Region Police Office Chief Oscar Albayalde has said that the crime rate in Metro Manila was lower in 2017 than the one in 2016.
“The 8-Focused Crimes (murder, homicide, physical injury, rape, robbery, theft, carnapping and motorcycle theft) have also shown significant decrease comparing 2016 and 2017,” said Albayalde.
He said crimes against persons decreased by 13.87 percent, from 8,841 in 2016 to 7,305; and crimes against properties by 20.58 percent, from 13, 200 to 10,483.”
According to Albayalde, it was Oplan Tokhang that made possible the lower crime rate in Metro Manila.
He said their operations have resulted “in the voluntary surrender of another 29,087 and arrest of 17,487 drug offenders.”
“We have seized a total of more or less 755 kilograms of shabu, 34.6 kilograms of marijuana, 211 ecstasy tablets which collectively amounted to more than P3.77 billion,” he said.
He said the number of arrests has also “exceeded that of the previous year [2016)..”
