PNP8 hands over more suspected cocaine bricks to PDEA
Tacloban City (January 15) -- Police Senior Superintendent Rey Lanada of the Police Regional Office 8 turned over another thirty (30) cocaine bricks to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Region 8 on January 11.
This is part of the continuous recovery efforts of the cocaine bricks believed to have been thrown at the shores of the Samar Islands.
The turn-over which was held at the Conference Room of PNP8 was attended by no less than the Officer In Charge of PDEA 8 Julius R. Navales who accepted the cocaine bricks from the PNP 8 Director.
After the short rite which was also attended by the PDEA 8 personnel anfd the personnel from the PNP Crime Lab, the assistant city Prosecutor, members of the academe and media representatives, a press conference took place.
Director Lanada directed all police stations along the shorelines of the Region to monitor any similar recovery of cocaine bricks by the local fishermen.
He also called for the mobilization of the Bantay Dagat teams of the concerned municipalities and neighboring areas to monitor and help inform the public to turn over to the Philippine National Police recovery of similar items.
Earlier, about 218 cocaine bricks were turned over by the Philippine National Police under then Police Director Mario Rupinta Sandiego to PDEA on December 29.
The cocaine were recovered by joint elements of Eastern Samar Police Provincial Office with the 4th Alpha Coy of the Philippine Army and 52nd IB Delta Coy along the shores of the municipalities of Balangkayan, Maydolong, San Policarpo and Llorente, all in Eastern Samar and in Catarman, Northern Samar. (PIA 8) [top]
