13 soldiers test positive for drug use at Army HQ

Thirteen soldiers tested positive for drug use after suprise tests were conducted at the Phlippine Army headquarters in Fort Bonifacio on Wednesday.

The soldiers were immediately placed under military custody pending the result of confirmatory  tests, Army spokesman Col. Benjie Hao said.

"We do not tolerate these things, we don't tolerate illegal drugs in the Philippine Army," Hao said.

More than 2,500 soldiers assigned at the Army headquarters were subjected to mandatory tests after their morning exercises on Wednesday.

In 2013, 131 Army personnel were discharged from the service after they tested postive for drug use. Thirty-eight were discharged for the same reason in 2014; 30 last year. —NB, GMA News