BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN
Police units in Negros Occidental and Bacolod City have been ordered to intensify their anti-illegal drug operations, with the onset MassKara Festival in October.
PBrig. Gen. Leo Francisco, director of the Police Regional Office 6, disclosed yesterday said that while security measures are in place, they have to double preparations.
He said police units in Western Visayas have apprehensions involving large volumes of illegal drugs recently.
“The amount of drugs is still there. When you assess that, there is still supply on the ground. That is what we’re focusing on as part of the directives of Philippine National Police Chief (Gen. Rodolfo Azurin). We do not care who gets caught or who gets arrested. What’s important is, we’re going to make arrests within the bounds of the law,” Francisco, who visited yesterday the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office, said.
Recent anti-drug operations in Bacolod and Negros Occidental have revealed that illegal drugs are already being transported for the upcoming MassKara Festival.
Meanwhile, the NOCPPO is closely watching the ports in the northern area of the province as part of the continuing operations to prevent the entry of illegal drugs.
Ports of entry in the north include those situated in the cities of Escalante and San Carlos, where large volumes of shabu have been previously seized from suspects traveling from the neighboring province of Cebu.* with report from PNA
