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BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
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Saturday, June 17, 2017
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ILOILO City – Is the Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) winning the war against illegal drugs?
Drug traffickers are finding new ways to dodge the police, said Superintendent Remus Zacharias Canieso, city police director.
They used to deal with clients even on the streets but now some are using motorcycles or cars for faster mobility, said Canieso.
He also observed that most of the drug suspects arrested lately were personalities not previously identified.
Canieso admitted being puzzled by the seemingly inexhaustible supply of shabu in the city.
“We appear to be confiscating more volumes of shabu now unlike before,” he said.
He emphasized the need tightly monitor seaports.
“Marami kasing pwede mapasukan sa Iloilo. Itong ‘yung dapat gawan pa natin ng intervention,” said Canieso.
He confirmed, too, that the Prevendido drug group remains active with members still peddling shabu.
Others have found hotels, motels and similar establishments more convenient to seal drug deals, said Canieso.
Away from the prying eyes of the police, drug traffickers believe their illegal activities won’t be discovered, previously explained Senior Inspector Shella Mae Sangrines, city police spokesperson.
Two months ago, an undercover police officer was able to buy a sachet of shabu from six drug pushing suspects at a hotel on Quezon Street, Barangay Sampaguita, City Proper.
“Daw medyo gaamat-amat na subong trending ginagamit sa (drug) transactions mga hotels,” said Sangrines./PN
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