The successful buy-bust operation at the Gaisano City Grand Mall in Bacolod City on Monday that yielded P7 million worth of shabu from a lone suspect was a result of good intelligence network and the coordination and cooperation of the people in the community.
This was stressed yesterday by Bacolod Councilor El Cid Familiaran, chairman of the Sangguniang Panlungsod Committee on Peace and Order and Police Matters, as he speculated that the information about the package containing about a kilo of suspected shabu might have come from an employee of the forwarding company through which the contraband was shipped. Edgardo Justo, 36 years old, was nabbed Monday after he had withdrawn the package from a courier firm. When checked by the members of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), the box contained 10 pairs of assorted sandals and shoes where plastic bags of shabu were hidden under the soles. PDEA Regional Director Paul Ledesma said the buy-bust operation was the biggest drug apprehension in Western Visayas since he assumed office seven years ago. “One of the employees of the courier company might have tipped off the authorities,” Familiaran said. Meanwhile, Familiaran said he will request Senior Supt. Larry Decena, officer-in-charge of the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO), to utilize canines in monitoring possible entry of illegal drugs into the city through the airport and seaports. “If security in such places is strict, then the entry of illegal drugs will eventually drop,” he said. Familiaran said he may come up with a strategy to address such pressing issue after the PDEA’s Special Anti-Drugs Summit scheduled from end of June to first week of July./WDJ By Nicole A. Villavecer Watchmen Daily Journal
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