Philippine agency running drugs war says army to play only support role

By Martin Petty and Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine troops will only provide back-up in the war on drugs and not patrol the streets or play any kind of leading role, the head of an anti-narcotics agency that has been given charge of the campaign said on Monday. Last week, President Rodrigo Duterte suspended the national police from the anti-drugs war that has killed over 7,600 people in seven months after a South Korean businessman was kidnapped and killed by members of a police drugs squad. "They (troops) will be in support of PDEA agents," the agency's director general, Isidro Lapena, said in an interview.