By Hilda Austria
MALASIQUI, Pangasinan – The Ilocos Police has confiscated a total of PHP94.2 million worth of shabu and marijuana in 191 anti-illegal drugs operations in February this year.
In an interview Wednesday, Maj. Divina Albino, chief of the Police Regional Office-1 (PRO1) information office, said the amount is from the confiscated 849.44 grams of shabu, 101.21 grams of dried marijuana, 18 grams of marijuana kush, and four milliliters of liquid marijuana.
In the marijuana eradication operations, 388,072 pieces of marijuana plants, 111,100 pieces of seedlings, 31,000 grams of marijuana stalks, and 20,000 grams of marijuana fruiting tops with a total estimated amount of PHP88 million were discovered and destroyed, she said.
Albino said bulk of the operations are in Pangasinan and Ilocos Sur provinces.
He added that 203 suspects have been arrested in these operations in February.
“Alinsunod sa direktiba ng pambansang pamahalaan, lalo pa nating paiigtingin ang anti-illegal drugs operations upang matiyak na ang bawat barangay sa rehiyon ay mananatiling ligtas, maayos, at malaya sa impluwensya ng ipinagbabawal na gamot (In line with the directive of the national government, we will further strengthen our anti-illegal drugs operations to ensure that every barangay in the region will remain safe, orderly, and free from the influence of illegal drugs),” said PRO-1 director Brig. Gen. Dindo Reyes in a statement. (PNA)
