And the plot thickens. Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers says that there's a existing scheme among so-called “ninja-cops” and their “ninja-informants” to underdeclare their illegal drug confiscations during every anti-drug operation, usually capped at only 30 percent. These drugs are then recycled and converted into cash. Barbers made this revelation Wednesday, March 15, or a day after the House Committee on Dangerous Drugs held a motu proprio hearing on the allegations that law enforcement authorities had been recycling seized drug paraphernalia. The Mindanao solon chairs the panel. Barbers said he was informed by some top ranking officials from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) Drug Enforcement Group about the unwritten and discreet policy by agents to keep the lion's share or 70 percent of every drug haul as savings and later recycle them on the streets to make money. "Kung totoo ito, ito’y isang karumal-dumal na gawain ng ating mga tiwaling anti-drug law enforcers (If this is true, then this is a wicked act by our unscrupulous anti-drug law enforcers,” Barbers said. “Ibig sabihin nito, ang 30 percent ng drug na nasabat ay para sa accomplishment ng anti-drug operating unit at ang 70 percent ay para sa recycling and eventual conversion into cash para sa mga ninja cops at ninja informants (This means that 30 percent of the drugs seized is for the accomplishment of the drug operating unit while the 70 percent is for recycling and eventual conversion into cash for the ninja cops and ninja informants)," he said. During the hearing of the House panel Tuesday, Barbers and his fellow solons were informed by a long-time PDEA and PNP informant that recycling of drugs has been happening for the last 20 years, or eversince he started the job as an anti-drug “asset.” The motu propio hearing was carried out following a disclosure by PDEA Chief Moro Lazo laat month that two of PDEA’s informants have offered him huge anti-drug “jobs” in exchange for a reward that worth 30 percent of every drug confiscation.