MANUAL ON ANTI-ILLEGAL DRUGS OPERATION AND INVESTIGATION(Section

16-19)
Section 16. Handling of Information on High Profile Targets
All information received by PNP
Units

Referred
PNP-AIDSOTF

High profile targets

Clandestine Labs
CPECs warehouses
Storage facilities

Section 17. Observance of the Constitutional Rights of the Suspect/Accused

Before any arrest, detention, and investigation the accused must be informed of
their rights
Section 18. Prohibition to PNP member No PNP member shall be allowed to
conduct a planned anti-illegal drug operation unless he is a member of an
authorized anti-drug unit.

Apprehension of violation
of suspect RA.9165 buy
bust operation

Marking of evidence,
physical inventory and
taking of phographs

At this place where the

arrestis made or
Nearest police station
Nearest office of the
apprehending unit/team or
Whichever is practible

Elected public officials and

Representative from DOJ or
MEDIA

Signature of required
witnesses

Are all the

required
witnesses present
?

NO

Execute an affidavit
justifying the absence of
such witnesses

Witnesses shall sign

inventory

Evidence shall be
immediately turned over by
the seizing officer to
investigator with the
accomplished chain of
custody form

YES

Within 24 hours the drug evidence

should be forwarded to the PDEA
laboratory service or PNP crime
laboratory for qualitative and
Quantitative examination

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Within 36 hours arrested suspects

will be presented for inquest
preliminary examination

Within 24 hours the PDEA

laboratory service or PNP crime
laboratory issues the forensic
laboratoryresults

the prosecutor before the

court

After 24 hours the court will issue

After 72 hours the court
will for the destruction of the
order
conduct ocular inspection
evidence

TRIAL

After destruction, DDB will issue a

certificate as to the fact of the
destruction

After promulgation,the prosecution shall

inform the board of the termination of
the case and request the court to turn
over the evidence to PDEA within 24
hours.

AFTER BUY-BUST PHASE

THE IOC SHALL PREPARE CASE REFERRAL TO

THE PROSECUTORS OFFICE FOR INQUEST
PROCEEDING FOR VIOLATION OF SECTION 5,
ART. II, RA 9165.

THE IOC SHALL BRING THE ARRESTED

PERSON TOGETHER WITH THE ARRESTING
PERSONNEL, SEIZING OFFICER OR OTHER
WITNESSES AND THE PIECES OF EVIDENCE
TO THE PROSECUTORS OFFICE FOR INQUEST
PROCEEDING.

THEREAFTER, THE IOC SHALL SUBMIT AFTERINQUEST REPORT TO THE CHIEF OF OFFICE
AND FURNISH THE PDEA A COPY OF THE CASE
FOLDER AND SHALL REGULARLY UPDATE THE
LATTER WITH THE STATUS OF THE CASE.

AFTER INQUEST, THE IOC MAY ASK THE

COURTFOR THE ISSUANCE OF COMMITMENT
OREDER FOR TURN-OVER OF THE ARRESTED
PERSON/S TO THE JAIL WARDEN FOR
CUSTODY PENDING TRIAL OF THE CASE
ATTACHING A COPY OF THE CASE
DISPOSITION BY THE INQUEST PROSECUTOR.

THE IOC AND THE ARRESTING OFFICERS

RESPECTIVELY SHALL MAINTAIN A CASE
TRACKING MONITORING SYSYTEM AND SHALL
INFORM IN WRITING HIS IMMEDIATE OFFICER
AND THE HIGHER OFFICE IF THE CASE IS
DISMISSED OR THE SUSPECT/S IS RELEASED
FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION BY THE

THE COP SHALL ENSURE THAT ALL

POLICE WITNESSES SHALL RELIGIOUSLY
ATTEND AND TESTIFY IN COURT DURING
THE TRIAL AND SHALL REQUIRE THEM
TO SECURE A CERTIFICATE OF
APPEARANCE FORM THE COURT AND TO
SUBMIT AFTER COURT-DUTY REPORT