LGUs alerted on discreet shabu labs
ALL local government units in the province have been called upon to be vigilant to thwart any attempt by drug syndicates to put up clandestine drug laboratories near their areas which would put them and their police in embarrassing situation.
The call was made by Dangerous Drugs Board Secretary Antonio Villar Jr., who in his weekly talk show “Deretsahan” last Saturday co-hosted by Dr. Gonzalo T. Duque on Kabaleyan Channel on cable television USATV, cited an elaborate but discrete operation of a drug laboratory by Chinese nationals busted by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the police in Camiling, Tarlac where some P2 billion worth of shabu were seized.
He said the town’s residents were shocked and surprised to know that a shabu lab had been operating in their community.
Villar said the LGUs police must conduct stricter monitoring in their areas to prevent the entry of drug syndicates in their towns that may be attempting to put up drug manufacturing laboratories as what happened recently in Camiling, the nearest town of Tarlac to Pangasinan.
He warned that shabu in the region is the cheapest, an indication that there is an abundant supply of shabu in the area.
A drug laboratory in Naguilian, La Union was busted a few years ago by lawmen where then chief of police of Dagupan, Supt. Dionicio Borromeo was tagged as the protector.
Sometime last month, Senior Supt. Reynaldo Biay, officer-in-charge of the Pangasinan, bared before the Sangguniang Panlalawigan intelligence report that there is a network of illegal drug suppliers in Pangasinan which is reason for the seeming non-stop supply of this stuff.
But he denied the existence of a drug laboratory in Pangasinan and pointed out that the supply is coming from Region III. National Capital Region and Cavite.
Villar lauded the anti-drug campaign in Dagupan City through the initiative of Mayor Belen Fernandez and Supt. Christopher Abrahano, chief of police.
He said the city’s campaign, a good model for LGUs in the entire country, has led to the arrest of many pushers and users, “which is why the Bonuan jail in Dagupan City is now beset with the problem of overcrowding.”
Villar lauded the program encouraging Dagupenos to send Short Message Services (SMS) to the City Anti-Drug Abuse Council (CADAC) where any citizen can send text messages on the presence of users and pushers in their communities.
Supt. Abrahano attributed the success of the campaign to increasing involvement of concerned citizens by providing information on the presence of drug traffickers in their neighborhoods. (LVM)
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