CCPO sets meeting with BuCor, couriersto curb drugs

CEBU, Philippines — The Cebu City Police Office is set to meet with officials of the Bureau of Corrections and the managers of courier companies in order to address the entry of illegal drugs in the city.

CCPO director, Police Colonel Josefino Ligan, has made up the plan after they found a pattern in the flow of illegal drugs which uses delivery services in disposing the items.

Intercepted illegal drugs that were confiscated from several high-value individuals believed to have been transported from other places in country.

Investigation further revealed that the problem with communication of illegal drug activity is still being linked to persons inside the jail.

“We will be meeting with delivery services to make them aware together with PDEA-7 so just to inform the management of this delivery services nga di sila magamit sa sindikato,” said Ligan.

Recently, the CCPO intelligence unit was able to arrest three high-value individuals (HVI) who were said to be new member of the group of alleged druglord Rustico Ygot.

Ligan said that they are suspecting the group has been expanding their network which could be a result of the transactions of the said illegal drug contacts that were traced inside the jails either in Cebu City or in Muntinlupa City.

Ligan said he will ask for the help and coordination of BuCor Director-General Gerald Bantag who is his classmate in Philippine National Police Academy.

“I’ll be coordinating with him (Bantag) para ang communication flow aning Ygot kung unsa man ang gamit niya maputol,” said Ligan. — GMR (FREEMAN)