PNP listing some Illegal drugs
Personalities who were surrendered
recently at Pagadian City PNP Station
Photo by Ferdinand Libor Jr.
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PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, July 12 (PNA) -– A total of 5,070 “drug personalities” have voluntarily surrendered since the authorities have launched Operations Plan Tokhang (Oplan Tokhang) in this province.
The Philippine National Police (PNP) launched the Oplan
Tokhang campaign to persuade suspected drug pushers and users to mend their
ways or face the full force of the law.
The campaign is pursuant to the directive of President
Rodrigo Duterte for a relentless campaign against the trade and use of
prohibited drugs.
Senior Supt. Michael Nicolas, provincial police director,
on Tuesday told the Philippines News Agency that 4,772 of the 5,070 drug
personalities who surrendered are users while the remaining 298 are pushers.
Nicolas said that seven of the 298 pushers and 109 of the
4,772 users in the drug watch list of his office.
He said that 303 of the 5,070 surrenderees drug
personalities are minors while nine of them are females.
He said the surrenderees, who are from the different
parts of this province, were turned over to their respective local government
units to undergo rehabilitation following assessment and profiling.
This province comprises of one component city and 26
municipalities organized into two congressional districts and further
subdivided into 681 barangays.
PNP Region 9 intellegence Division(R2) Chief
Police Senior Supt. Neil Alinsañgan interview
by CNN Correspondent Jong Cadion at Camp.
Abelon
Photo by Ferdinand Libor Jr.
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