Duterte wants list
By Dexter A. See
BAGUIO
CITY – A mayor and three barangay councilmen were included in 77 out of
reported 79 drug personalities in the region accounted for by police and
narcotics agents tasked by regional peace and order council to validate drug
suspects.
Mayor Mauricio G. Domogan, RPOC chairman,
said he received a directive from the Office of the President to submit a
report on status of 79 identified drug personalities in Cordillera as part of
government’s anti-drug campaign.
The mayor reported 77 drug personalities had
been accounted for by law enforcement agencies because they surrendered while
two personalities remain unaccounted for and now subject of intelligence
operations.
Of the 77 accounted drug personalities, four
drug suspects were from Baguio.
A municipal mayor was included in the said
list but his name was withheld.
Domogan said of the four drug personalities
from Baguio, three were barangay kagawads who earlier surrendered to
authorities while one was a member of the judiciary who is still being located.
Domogan said the three barangay kagawads who
were linked to drugs will be invited to explain their side before he will
submit his detailed report to the Office of the President.
What is important, according to him, is that
there are no drug lords in the region and the city.
Drug pushers were the ones found to have been
peddling prohibited drugs supplied by drug lords operating in Central Luzon and
Metro Manila.
He
added one of problems faced by law enforcers and anti-narcotics agents was
recidivism among drug surrenderees who have gone back to selling drugs.
They reportedly gave themselves up to
authorities for fear of serious consequences due to their illegal activities.
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