PAGADIAN CTY, Zamboanga del Sur, June 28 (PNA) -- Another
batch of drug personalities have surrendered to the authorities in the nearby
municipality of Dumingag in this province, the police reported Tuesday.
Chief Insp. Edgar Hinoctan, Dumingag police chief, told
the Philippines News Agency that the group surrendered on Monday and has
pledged to support the anti-drug campaign of President-elect Rodrigo Duterte.
Duterte, who will officially assume office on Thursday,
announced that there will be relentless anti-drug campaign under his
administration.
Hinoctan said the municipal government of Dumingag and
barangay officials as well as the Barangay Anti-Drug Abuse Council (BADAC)
facilitated the surrender of the group.
He said the surrenderees, who came from the different
barangays, are known either as drug pushers and users.
He said they are set to undergo rehabilitation and would
receive livelihood assistance from the local government to keep them away from
drugs.
The group who surrendered on Monday was the second batch
of drug personalities to surrender to the government in Dumingag.
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