BY: FERLIZA C. CONTRATISTA
CEBU CITY, June 26 (PIA) --- The Police Regional Office (PRO-7) has maintained that the illegal drugs problem in the region is still manageable in the wake of their intensified anti-drug operations.
Records from the Regional Operations Division showed that from January to June this year all units under the region were able to file 1,229 drug-related cases in court.
Said number is 93 percent higher than last year's accomplishment which was only 636.
PRO-7 was also able to arrest 1,143 persons this year while last year's figure was only 710.
In Lapulapu City, PSupt. Armando Radoc said the drug problem is not alarming as it looks.
"Let us not mistake the recent arrest and operations as an indication of alarming drug problem but instead it means that your police is working double time," Radoc said.
Lapulapu City Police was able to haul between January to May this year some P2.3 million worth of shabu, compared to last year's accomplishment of only P99,000 covering the same period.
They conducted 35 anti-illegal drugs operations last year, which increased to 67 in 2014.
In the entire Province of Cebu, PSSupt Noel Gillamac said that other than increasing accomplishments in conducting operations, they are also doing demand reduction at the sides.
Gillamac said there is no other way to kill a business than to reduce or eradicate the demand.
"Thats why we closely coordinate with the schools and the parents, let them also closely watch their children," Gillamac said.
Overall, the police officials urged the public to continue coordinating with the police in solving the drug problem. (rmn/fcc/PIA-Cebu)