Anti-illegal drug agency yearend reports P16.5M shabu confiscated

CEBU, Philippines – From January to December 29, 2015, anti-illegal drugs agencies in Negros Oriental seized a total of 1,396.81 grams of shabu, valued by the Dangerous Drugs Board at P16,482,358, and 1,636.99 grams of marijuana worth P90,034.45.

This was the yearend accomplishment report of the Provincial Anti-Illegal Drugs Special Operations Task Group, headed by Inspector Ryan Jay Orapa, and the Provincial Intelligence Branch-Special Operations Group, headed by Senior Insp. Benedict Poblete, given to the Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office the other day.

All in all, these agencies confiscated a total of P16,572,392.45 worth of illegal drugs from 313 anti-illegal drugs operations all over the province, majority of which were conducted in Dumaguete City.

The report also showed that, for the same period, authorities had arrested a total of 375 illegal drugs personalities with 482 cases filed against them at the Regional Trial Court branches 30 and 36.

Orapa said the drug haul was made possible with the help and cooperation of the other law enforcement units, including the Philippine Drug Enforcement Administration, the public, barangay officials, and the media who had witnessed throughout the conducts of inventory of seized illegal drugs and paraphernalia.

The anti-illegal drugs campaign also got a substantial boost with the launching of One-Time-Big-Time scheme, under the PDEA’s Oplan Big Bertha as the lead agency.

One of the accomplishments of the OTBT was the busting of attempts to sneak in shabu into the Provincial Jail, which was foiled by guards of the Negros Oriental Detentioin and Rehabilitation Center, headed by warden Regulo Getalan.

A certain Francisco Quisay, 31, a resident of Barangay Sandulot in Siaton town was nabbed, during inspection by jail guard Eric Aragones, when the former brought a sandwich and fish to inmate Paul Valencia. The guard found shabu hidden in between the loaves.

Quisay denied knowledge about the shabu inside the bread, and that he was only asked by a certain Raymond Badon to bring the sandwich to their friend, Valencia. He said that had he known there was shabu in it, he would not have obliged with Badon’s request.

Getalan, for his part, said searches as standard operating procedures are normally conducted on jail visitors, including their hand-carried items to prevent the entry of contraband items and drugs. It was the first time, during his stint as warden, that a jail visitor was found to have shabu during the gate inspection, he added.  (FREEMAN)