No rest in city’s drug war

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BY RESEL JOY TIANERO
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Wednesday, February 1, 2017
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ILOILO City – The Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) may have temporarily suspended its campaign against illegal drugs as ordered by the Philippine National Police (PNP) but in this city the war against narcotics will continue.

Buoyed by reports that Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog was not in the new revalidated drug list of the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6), the city government will, among others, sustain its rehabilitation program for drug dependents.

Already, the program has produced 209 “graduates” – these were drug surrenderees who agreed to undergo rehabilitation supervised by the City Health Office.

Mabilog said the combined antidrug efforts of the ICPO and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Region 6 is bearing fruit. He noted a drop in the supply and demand for illegal drugs in the city.

Chaired by Mabilog, the City Peace and Order Council is also offering a half a million pesos reward for the capture of suspected drug lord Richard Prevendido of Barangay Bakhaw, Mandurriao district.

Due to scalawags in the ranks of the PNP, Director General Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa has suspended indefinitely the police’s antidrug drive. PDEA is taking over the campaign.

Just last week, the city government donated a brand new L300 van to PDEA Region 6.

“PDEA has K9 dogs but could not move them easily. With the L300 van, it could bring the dogs to wherever it has antidrug operations,” said Mabilog.

PDEA’s dogs are trained to detect illegal drugs.

For his part, PRO-6 spokesperson Superintendent Gilbert Gorero clarified that the police will still help PDEA by acting as “supporting units.”

“We could no longer spearhead antidrug operations but we are still the supporting units of PDEA,” said Gorero.

The antidrug barangay-clearing operations in Western Visayas will continue, he stressed./PN

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