Taguig suspends PDEA support
The city demanded the return of the building it allowed PDEA to use starting in 2018 so it can be repurposed for a worthy public cause.
Daily TribuneThe city demanded the return of the building it allowed PDEA to use starting in 2018 so it can be repurposed for a worthy public cause.
The city government of Taguig has suspended coordination and support for the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency following the recent arrest of PDEA agents in the city for alleged drug pushing.
In a statement, the city said it also demanded the return of the building which it allowed the PDEA to use so it can be "repurposed for a worthy public cause."
"The city will only resume its support to and cooperation with PDEA once it has shown serious efforts to cleanse its ranks of scalawags," the LGU said.
"Taguig is dead serious about the fight against illegal drugs. It demands the same level of commitment from PDEA," it added.
Further, it reiterated its zero-tolerance policy on illegal drugs, adding it is "dismayed at PDEA's abject failure to monitor the activities of its agents it stationed in Taguig."
At the same time, the city thanked the Philippine National Police, especially the National Capital Police Region Police Office and the Southern Police District for going after the PDEA agents.
To recall the PDEA southern district chief and three others were caught in a P9.18 million shabu buy-bust operation.
Arrested in the operation were Enrique Lucero, chief of the PDEA SDO; agents Anthony Vic Alabastro and Jaireh Llaguno; and driver Mark Warren Mallo.
The Taguig City government said it turned over in 2018 a city-owned building for PDEA's use as an office as part of its support to the agency.