Pangasinan PNP pushes profiling of foreigners

By Eva Visperas 

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan — Pangasinan police recommended a mandatory profiling of all foreigners residing or temporarily staying in the province.

Col. Wilson Joseph Lopez, Pangasinan police director, issued the recommendation following an anti-drug operation that resulted in the arrest of four suspected Chinese drug traffickers and the recovery of P124 million worth of shabu in Urdaneta City on May 24. 

In a report dated May 25, Lopez said he is encouraging an “enhanced liaisoning” to raise the police data collection effort involving foreigners and their possible link to illegal activities and criminal groups.

Lopez attributed the arrest of the susects and the recovery of the illegal drugs to the enhanced intelligence efforts of the police, and its coordination with other law enforcement agencies such as the National Bureau of Investigation and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency.

“The drugs would have proliferated the streets of Pangasinan as well as Metro Manila had it not been intercepted,” Lopez said.  

He said the Chinese – identified as Lu Jun, Lui Bin, Li Yu and Ye Ling – were presented for inquest for violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.