{"id":241472,"date":"2020-01-06T18:20:37","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T23:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=241472"},"modified":"2020-01-06T18:20:37","modified_gmt":"2020-01-06T23:20:37","slug":"pnp-eyes-top-10-high-value-drug-targets-per-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/01\/06\/pnp-eyes-top-10-high-value-drug-targets-per-region\/","title":{"rendered":"PNP eyes top 10 \u2018high-value\u2019 drug targets per region"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gamboa directed PNP regional directors to submit a list of 10 medium to HVTs engaged in illegal drug trades per region in a bid to strengthen the Duterte administration\u2019s crackdown against illegal drugs. (PNA file photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— Philippine National Police (PNP) officer-in-charge Lt. Gen. Archie Gamboa on Monday vowed to continue the government\u2019s intensified campaign against illegal drugs by focusing on high-value targets (HVTs) in every region.<\/p>\n

Gamboa directed PNP regional directors to submit a list of 10 medium to HVTs engaged in illegal drug trades per region in a bid to strengthen the Duterte administration\u2019s crackdown against illegal drugs.<\/p>\n

\u201cGusto natin ma<\/em>-identify\u00a0at ma-<\/em>neutralize, neutralize\u00a0ibig sabihin aplayan natin ng<\/em>\u00a0search warrant or\u00a0mahuli natin sa<\/em>\u00a0buy-bust then\u00a0ito \u2018yung mga<\/em>\u00a0priority ng different regions (We want to identify and neutralize, meaning we will apply\u00a0search warrant or catch them in a buy-bust then this is our priority in different regions),\u201d Gamboa said in a press conference at Camp Crame.<\/p>\n

He said the PNP is strengthening its efforts to ensure that the arrest of HVTs would be based on evidence.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven the President has a directive\u00a0\u2018yung sa<\/em>\u00a0(that the) HVTs which you cannot actually neutralize kapag hindi siya (if not) evidence-based. So it will be all evidence-based. There are even questions on probable custody\u00a0ng mga<\/em>\u00a0(of the) drugs, recycling etc. all of these things will be addressed for the year 2020,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe intensification of the Intelligence-driven anti-illegal drugs campaign particularly against upper and middle-level high-value targets engaged in trafficking of a commercial quantity of illegal drugs 50 grams or more,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Though the PNP will go after the medium to HVTs in every region, Gamboa said the lower units of the PNP\u2019s anti-drug enforcement, particularly at the municipal and city levels, will continue their campaign against small value drug targets.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course we have priorities at the national level. There is a continuing appreciation of the drug problem at the regional level and down. So the region has priority, the province has priority, city and municipality have priority so that each of the different units in the PNP would have their own respective priorities in terms of HVTs,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

Gamboa said he ordered the regional directors as well as the Police Drug Enforcement Group not to interfere with the work of the municipal and city drug enforcement units (DEUs).<\/p>\n

\u201cDito kayo sa taas.<\/em>\u00a0So\u00a0dito \u2018yung<\/em>\u00a0delineation (So you focus here on the upper level. Your delineation will be here). So we still expect our lower units\u00a0lalo na \u2018yung mga<\/em>\u00a0DEUs\u00a0sa baba<\/em>\u00a0(particularly the DEUs at the lower level) to still implement and reduce demand by going after the small value targets,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Gamboa, however, clarified that the police will continue their efforts on both supply and demand reduction, including street drug pushing.<\/p>\n

\u201cTuloy pa rin naman<\/em>\u00a0because\u00a0hindi puwedeng mag<\/em>-emphasize\u00a0ka lang sa<\/em>\u00a0supply\u00a0iwanan mo \u2018yung<\/em>\u00a0demand,\u00a0dalawa pa rin<\/em>\u00a0because\u00a0meron<\/em>\u00a0misinterpretation\u00a0na parang iiwanan na namin \u2018yung<\/em>\u00a0street level, no continuing\u00a0pa rin yun<\/em>\u00a0(This will continue because you cannot emphasize on supply and not on demand. We will still focus on these two because there is misinterpretation that will abandon the street level. It will continue),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He said body cameras will be distributed in April and May in order to ensure the transparency of the anti-illegal drugs operations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis has been demanded by the public so it’s coming to the PNP around April or May of this year and we will use it (body camera) not only on drug operations but in other operations including checkpoints,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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