169 gov’t execs in Cagayan Valley surrender, admit drug ties
A total of 169 local executives in Cagayan Valley region turned themselves in to the police to confess their drug links.
Senior Supt. Liborio Carabbacan, Cagayan regional police’s deputy director for operations, said that from July 1 to September 8, 169 government officials, majority of whom were local village chairmen, admitted to using drugs during the implementation of “Oplan Tokhang.”
Those who surrendered consisted of three Sangguniang Bayan (SB) members, 46 barangay (village) captains, 92 barangay councilor, eight barangay tanods and 20 other government employees from different provinces in Cagayan Valley.
Isabela has the highest with 114 local officials confessing to drug ties: two SB members, 14 barangay captains, 70 barangay councilors, 20 government employees and eight barangay tanods.
No government official surrendered in the island-province of Batanes, the smallest province in the region.
The Cagayan regional police recorded a total of 183,269 houses visited with 19,343 ‘surrenderers.’
“We will enforce the law to its fullest extent without fear and favor,” Regional Director Chief Supt. Gilbert Sosa said./rga
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