REPORT ON INVESTIGATED KILLINGS IN RELATION TO THE ANTI-ILLEGAL DRUG CAMPAIGN c. Actual locations of the incidents In at least 19 incidents with deaths, the following were observed: i. Witnesses personally saw the victims being forcibly taken away44 from their house or certain property by armed men in civilian clothing with headdress45 or face accessory46 to conceal their identities before the victims were found dead elsewhere. In one incident,47 according to the victim’s father, the victim was allegedly dragged from a motel and brought to another location where he was supposedly killed in an armed encounter. However, upon checking with the village officials, there was no record of an armed encounter in the barangay blotter on the date reported by the police; ii. Some police documents state that a certain incident was either a buy-bust or search operation at one specified location; however, according to witnesses, the victims were later found dead somewhere else,48 such as in another enclosure,49 at the side of the road,50 or in a garden.51 In one incident52 where police aver that there was a buy-bust operation, witnesses claimed that the victim was accosted by men in two vehicles believed to be members of the drug enforcement unit of the local PNP. Thereafter, the handcuffed victim was dropped at a portion of the highway, mauled, and shot several times by the same accosting officers; and, iii. Some operations did not happen at all in the place of incident where it was reported to have occurred. In one incident,53 police claim the incident was a buy-bust operation and was even observed by media personnel and barangay officials; however, the occupant of the nearby house alleged that no gunshots were heard at that time. d. Compliance with police operations manuals In all narration of events found in police documents, it would appear that they complied with their manuals when carrying out their operations. However, in at least 59 incidents, witnesses argue that the police engaged in violent conduct and/or employed disproportionate and excessive force before, during, and after operations. The following were observed, among others: 44 CHR III 2019-0208, R04A 2017-0346, R04A 2019-0316, R04A 2019-0689, R04A 2019-0790/2019-0791, R010 2019-0056. 45 CHR III 2017-0271, R04A 2017-0345. 46 CHR IV-A 2018-0217. 47 CHR IV-A 2019-0316. 48 CHR III 2019-0019, CHR III 2019-0081, CHR V 2016-0335. 49 CHR IV-A 2016-0241, R04A 2019-0775/2019-0776, CHR NCR 2016-0489 50 CHR IV-A 2018-0329/2018-0342 51 CHR III 2019-0045 52 CHR VI 2017-0134 53 CHR IV-A 2018-0296 17