• GILBERT P. BAYORAN
The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO) and Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) arrested 52 drug personalities in week-long operations from July 1 to 7.
Those arrested were among the 102 drug suspects neutralized by the Police Regional Office-Region 6.
The apprehensions yielded 3.3 kilograms of suspected shabu valued at P22.6 million, police regional spokesman PLt. Col. Arnel Solis said.
NOCPPO ranked number one with 38 arrested drug suspects, followed by Iloilo Police Provincial Office, 21; BCPO, 14; Capiz PPO, 10; Iloilo City Police Office, 9; Regional Police Drug Enforcement Unit, 4; Aklan PPO, 3; Antique PPO, 2; Guimaras PPO, one.
“May the arrest of these 102 persons serve as a lesson to the remaining illegal drug peddlers to stop outright. If you continue, you are the next subject of our law enforcement operations,” PBrig. Gen. Jack Wanky, police regional director of Western Visayas, said.
For the same period, the BCPO recovered 1.3 kilos of suspected shabu worth P8.8 million. | GB
