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BACOLOD City – Eight police officers in Negros Island Region were allegedly engaged in the illegal drug trade.
Chief Superintendent Renato Gumban, regional police director, recommended their relief.
Gumban refused to identify the officers or their areas of assignment.
All he said was their ranks were superintendent and chief inspector and their identities and activities were thoroughly validated by Camp Crame and various intelligence units.
They were suspected “users, pushers or protectors,” said Gumban.
Chiefs of police in the region will be reshuffled once the eight are relieved, he said.
Gumban believes their removal from the island will draw out all other officers with lower ranks who may be engaged in the drug trade.
‘RETIRE EARLY’
He warned police officers dipping their toes into the illicit activity not to wait for the ax to fall on their heads.
Gumban suggested that they retire early, so they may still avail themselves of their benefits, while validation is ongoing.
“Don’t wait for the cases to be filed and that you get nothing from your long years of service with the PNP (Philippine National Police),” he said. “This is not a joke.”
Police officers who have enriched themselves through illegal means while in the service must pay, said Gumban.
TEXT ‘AGENTS’
In a recent Regional Peace and Order Council meeting in Dumaguete City, he announced that the public may report to him anyone — a user, a pusher or a drug protector — through his personal mobile number 09188001985.
Anyone who sends him a report via text will be registered as his “agent,” said Gumban.
In Negros Occidental, he has 23 “agents” but only 15 sent information that led to the arrest of at least 25 drug suspects.
Gumban urged the chiefs of police to follow his lead.
He has not yet registered text “agents” in Negros Oriental. (PNA)
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