LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – The
campaign against illegal drugs and other crimes in this province is gaining
ground with bigger number of arrested drug personalities and wanted persons,
according to law enforcement officials.
Senior Supt. Sterling Blanco,
provincial police director said just recently, a total 35 operations were
conducted, resulting in arrest of 48
persons and confiscation of 79.79 grams of shabu worth P518.245 and 140.302
grams of dried marijuana leaves worth P10,522.
He said 46
cases have been filed in courts for illegal drugs against suspects.
Blanco
said the provincial police command’s campaign in reducing distribution of
marijuana and shabu in Pangasinan was
boosted by running after distributors here and reducing supply and
demand.
A veteran
intelligence officer and recipient of awards, Blanco said once the supply of
illegal drugs here is lessened this will
mean reduction of users since they cannot buy illegal drugs anymore.
In year
2013, under the term of Senior Supt. Marlou Chan, where two electoral events
were held, Pangasinan police accomplished 35% more operations and 65% more
arrests compared to 2012.
Now chief
of police directorial regional staff based in in Camp Gen. Florendo, La Union,
Chan said year 2012 was a period of normal police operations and even 2014,
compared to 2013, “yet Pangasinan was included in 15 areas of concern. We still
accomplished that much in anti-drugs operations and the biggest haul so far in
January 2013 operations.”
In other
police operations, Chan said Pangasinan office was awarded with most number of
guns confiscated with two other major awards (arrest of most wanted persons)
for exemplary performance in 2013 elections.
Blanco
meanwhile said he launched information drive activities in elementary and
secondary schools which students, teachers, barangay officials and members of
non-government organizations had attended.
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