FILE PHOTO: President Rodrigo Duterte speaks after his arrival, from a visit in Israel and Jordan at Davao International airport in Davao City in southern Philippines, September 8, 2018. REUTERS/Lean Daval Jr./File Photo
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte fired the head of the Bureau of Customs on Thursday and ordered all top bureau officials replaced after the agency failed to intercept more than a tonne of drugs, the second such case in two years.
Duterte has made a bloody fight against drugs the centrepiece of his administration since he won a presidential election in 2016. Thousands of people have been killed in the crackdown.
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