WHEREAS, the use of dangerous drugs remains as one of the most serious problems of the country, affecting the lives of millions of citizens, despite the government’s intensified anti-drug campaign;

WHEREAS, there has been an alarming increase in the number of clandestine laboratories and chemical storage facilities discovered and dismantled, and in the volume of dangerous drugs, precursors and essential chemicals seized in recent years;

WHEREAS, the dangerous drugs trade in the country is carried out by transnational and local drug groups which are responsible for the financing, manufacturing and trafficking of dangerous drugs, precursors and essential chemicals;

WHEREAS, the Government alone cannot solve the problem of dangerous drugs, hence, the support of the citizenry is necessary in the conduct of the national anti-drug campaign, including the arrest of wanted drug personalities at the soonest time possible so that they could face the consequences of their illegal acts;

WHEREAS, in relation to Section 22, Article II of RA 9165, the Board, exercising its powers as provided under Section 81(b) of RA 9165, issued Board Regulation No. 5, Series of 2003, which provides for the Guidelines in the Implementation of Operation “Private Eye”, which is a project designed to give commensurate reward to any person providing information to law enforcers which results in the successful confiscation, seizure or surrender of dangerous drugs, plant sources of dangerous drugs, and precursors and essential chemicals and/or arrest of persons violating the penal provisions of RA 9165;

WHEREAS, in order to make Operation “Private Eye” more responsive to the dynamic national and international drug situation, there is need to amend/delete certain provisions of Board Regulation No. 5, Series of 2003;

WHEREFORE, be it RESOLVED, as it is hereby RESOLVED, to amend Board Regulation No. 5, Series of 2003, as follows:

Section 1. Section 11, Article V, Reward Schedule, of DDB Board Regulation No. 5 is hereby amended by providing a limit to the amount of reward to be paid per anti-drug operation such that the introductory paragraph of Section 11 should now read as follows:

“Section 11. Reward Schedule. Unless otherwise revised by the Dangerous Drugs Board, the reward schedule shall be computed as follows but shall not exceed Php 2 million per anti-drug operation:”

Section 2.  The second paragraph of Section 11(a), Article V, Reward Schedule, of DDB Board Regulation No. 5 which is quoted hereunder is hereby deleted:

“In the event that Ephedrine or Pseudoephedrine is confiscated, the reward shall be computed at 80% of the reward schedule as provided above.”

Section 3.  Section 11(c), Article V, Reward Schedule, of DDB Board Regulation No. 5 is hereby amended by including ephedrine, pseudoephedrine and other regulated chemicals listed in any of the UN Conventions as subject to the reward therein mentioned such that the provision should now read as follows:

“c.  Confiscation or Recovery of Diverted Precursors and Essential Chemicals. Ten percent (10%) of the current local market value as determined by the Board shall be given as reward when Ephedrine, Pseudoephedrine, all other forms of Ephedrine, N- Acetylanthranilic Acid, Ergometrine, Isosafrole, Lysergic Acid, 3.4-methelenedioxyphenyl-2-propanone, 1-phenyl-2- propanone, Piperonal and Safrole are confiscated. Five percent (5%) of the current local market value of essential chemicals shall be given as reward when Acetone, Acetic anhydride, Anthranilic acid, Ethyl Ether, Hydrochloric acid, Methyl ethyl ketone, Phenylacetic acid, Piperidine, Potassium permanganate, Sulfuric acid, Toluene and all other regulated chemicals listed in any of the United Nations Conventions on Regulated Chemicals involved in the manufacture of illegal drugs are confiscated. Furthermore, the purity of the confiscated precursors and essential chemicals shall be considered in the computation of the reward following the formula: computed reward multiplied by percentage purity of the confiscated precursors and essential chemicals as certified by government forensic laboratories.”

This Regulation shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in two (2) newspapers of general circulation and after its registration with the Office of the National Administrative Register (ONAR), UP Law Center, Quezon City.

Adopted: 06 Dec. 2006