The Angeles City Police Office (ACPO) has intensified its campaign against illegal drugs and other criminalities in Angeles City.
Reports from the office of City Director Sr. Supt. Sydney Villaflor state that as of July 25 , 2016, a total of 40 operations had been conducted by personnel of the ACPO.
These have resulted to 64 arrests of suspected drug pushers; 180 cases filed in courts; and approximately 80 grams of illegal drugs, including shabu and marijuana confiscated, with total street value of almost P300,000.
In the same report, a total of 895 households were visited under the Oplan TOKHANG, resulting in the surrender of 1,124 suspected illegal drug users and pushers.
Armed with arrest warrants, ACPO personnel, in coordination with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), conducted buy-bust operations and checkpoints.
According to Villaflor, the ACPO will not stop and will be relentless in its efforts to rid the city of illegal drugs users and pushers. Recently, PDEA and the PNP awarded two Angeles City barangays as the first in the region of being drug-free. These are Barangays Salapungan and Cuayan.
Angeles City Mayor Ed Pamintuan has given the directive for an all-out war against drugs and its resulting criminal activities. It should be recalled that even before the assumption into office of President Rodrigo Duterte, Angeles City has been recognized by the PDEA as among the Top 3 local government units with the best performing Anti-Drug Abuse Council.
Villaflor also reported that 322 ACPO personnel, including their non-uniformed personnel, underwent mandatory drug tests. One police officer was found positive with drug-use, bringing a total of six ACPO personnel who were found positive with drug use since the mandatory drug tests were conducted in January, February and June, this year.