PHILIPPINES WAR ON DRUGS

MANILA : Police anti-narcotics operations notorious for their deadly outcomes could make a comeback in the Philippines war on drugs, although bloodshed-

Should be avoided and abuses would not be tolerated, the country's police chief said on Friday.

''Oplan Tokhang'', where police visit homes of users and dealers and seek their surrender, could resume within a few weeks and should be-

Free of violence, if suspects agree to go quietly, police chief Ronald Dela Rosa said.

His remarks are the strongest sign in months of a re-intensification of a war on drugs that has lost  considerable momentum since-

President Rodrigo Duterte ordered police to halt operations and let the undermanned drugs enforcement agency,  PDEA, run his signature campaign.

Nearly 4,000 Filipinos have been killed by police in the drug war since June 2016.

Agencies.