Police collar 33 drug pushers, users in last quarter of 2019

January 21, 2020 Police Patrol

BAGUIO CITY – The Baguio City Police Office (BCPO) conducted a total of 31 operations on the neutralization of drug personalities in the Summer Capital from October to December last year with 33 drug pushers and six users arrested during the period.
This was reported by Lt. Col. Max Sumeg-ang, who represented BCPO Dir. Allan Rae Co, during the City Anti-Drug Abuse Council (CADAC) meeting Tuesday at the BCPO multipurpose hall presided by city prosecutor.
The council is chaired by Mayor Benjamin Magalong who was represented by executive assistant Benjamin Macadangdang. Also present were councilor and SK president Levy Lloyd Orcales and representatives from PDEA, NBI, other concerned offices and agencies including those from the religious sector.
The quarterly meeting was conducted by the City Mayor’s Office -Special Services Division under Noel Mabutas and Briccio Domondon. Sumeg-ang revealed that of the 31 anti-illegal drug operations, 19 were buy busts; checkpoints, two; recovery/discovery of illegal drugs, one; interdiction, one; police responses, three; and five for service of warrants of arrest.
On the BCPO’s accomplishment on seized drug evidence covering the three-month period, he said that a total value of P2, 768,000 of illegal drugs (shabu, P668, 000; marijuana, P2, 100,000) were seized.
The CADAC is a coordinating body mandated to look into and reconcile all the anti-drug abuse interventions of government agencies, the local government and private sector in order to formulate a holistic approach in curbing the proliferation of illegal drugs in the city that pose a serious threat to the youth’s future.
 
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