More than 78,000 wanted persons have been accounted since January this year, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said.
PNP chief Gen. Rodolfo Azurin, Jr. said the arrest of 78,293 fugitives is part of the police effort to account for wanted persons that include repeat offenders such as members of criminal syndicates.
Among those arrested, according to him, were 2,940 members of organized crime groups and 162 criminal group members.
He said separate police operations against wanted criminals also resulted in the death of 381 fugitives.
Azurin said they also confiscated a total of 32,441 firearms and arrested 9,724 individuals in the campaign against loose firearms.
In other non-index crime cases, PNP Units arrested a total of 3,135 persons in the campaign against illegal logging, 29,572 individuals were apprehended in campaign against illegal fishing, while 103,159 were arrested for illegal gambling.