The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency on Tuesday destroyed over P7.2 billion worth of various dangerous drugs, controlled precursors and essential chemicals at the Integrated Waste Management Inc. facility in Trece Martires City, Cavite.

The anti-drug agency disclosed that a total of 1.4 million grams of dangerous drugs and a total net volume of 101.8 milliliters of drug evidence seized from anti-drug operations by PDEA and other law enforcement agencies were destroyed.

Based on the consolidated report of the PDEA Laboratory Service, the illegal drugs included 1.06 million grams of shabu, 317.4 kilograms of marijuana worth P38 million; 230.4 grams of cocaine worth P1.2 million; 9,169 grams of ecstasy worth P15 million and 1,037.8 grams of ketamine worth P4.04 million, among others.

PDEA said that the seized dangerous drugs were destroyed through thermal decomposition or thermolysis which involves breaking down chemical compounds with the use of tremendous heat.

"At 1,000 degrees Centigrade, all dangerous drugs are totally decomposed or broken down,'' it added.