DCPO to intensify watch vs drugs, IED in Holy Week

By ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR.
The Davao City Police Office (DCPO) will intensify its intelligence operation against the intrusion of illegal drugs even in the observance of the remaining days of the Holy Week.
DCPO spokesperson Chief Insp. Milgrace C. Driz said the drug suspects will take advantage to sneak illegal drugs in the city during holidays or if there are celebrations because the police and other security forces are more focused on areas of convergence.
“ Lalo na pag Holy Week kay mingaw unya ang mga tao kay naka-bakasyon. So, mogara pud ni sila, (The sneaking of illegal drugs will become more rampant during the Holy Week because most people are on vacation. Then, these people will take advantage on the occasion),” she said.
Driz also said the arrest of Renz Nicole N. Tuban, who tried to sneak four big sachets of ‘shabu’ (methamphetamine hydrochloride) at the Task Force Davao checkpoint in Sirawan, Toril on Monday night, was not part of the intelligence monitoring.
She said Tuban possessed a P1.8 million worth of shabu which were found inside his belt bag during the inspection.
For his part, Task Force Davao commander Colonel Cristobal Zaragoza assured the public to intercept all illegal drugs in their checkpoints.
Zaragoza said expect more illegal drugs that will be confiscated in checkpoints because his men will not give any opportunity to drug suspects to enter the city easily.
“Kaya nga nakakita tayo ng shabu kahit nasa loob lang ng kanilang ID kasi tight ang ating security (Because of strict security measure, we are able to discover shabu even it is just inside their identification card),” he said.
He said the strict inspection of passengers is not only designed to halt the entry of illegal drugs in the city but also to avoid smuggling of improvised explosive device that might be used to bombed some vital areas.