• GILBERT P. BAYORAN
The E.B. Magalona Police Station in Negros Occidental was recognized as the top performer in the campaign against illegal gambling, loose firearms, and illegal drugs among the municipal police stations in Negros Island Region (NIR) in the first two months of the year.
The recognition rites of the region’s outstanding police units was held at Camp Alfredo M. Montelibano Sr. in Bacolod City on Thursday, March 19.
Awards were conferred on the police stations and drug enforcement units (DEUs) that demonstrated exceptional performance in terms of arrests, volume of confiscated illegal drugs, firearms recovery, and operational efficiency.
Other top performing units for the campaign against illegal drugs were Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) Stations, 2, 8 and 9, Victorias City Police Station, Dumaguete City Police Station, BCPO Drug Enforcement Unit, Silay City Police Station, and Pontevedra Municipal Police Station.
In the campaign against loose firearms, named top performing units were BCPO Police Stations 2, 3, 6, 7, 8 and 10, Himamaylan City Police Station, Dumaguete City Police Station, and Bago City Police Station.
Others were Hinigaran, Calatrava, Murcia and Pontevedra Municipal Police Stations in Negros Occidental, San Jose and Mabinay Municipal Police Stations and Bayawan City Police Station in Negros Oriental, Lazi Municipal Police Station in Siquijor, and Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office. | GB
