DAVAO, Philippines: Seven people were shot dead on Friday in a massive operation against illegal drug dens by police in the southern Philippines, law-enforcement officials said.
Thirty-six people including a South Korean national were arrested in the raid on 26 houses believed to be selling the banned drug methamphetamine hydrochloride, popularly known as "ice" or "shabu", said Emerson Rosales, the regional chief of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency.
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