PAGADIAN CITY: The Philippine Drugs
Enforcement Agency (PDEA), together with Gov. Antonio Cerilles and public and
court officials destroyed 541 grams of shabu right before the probing eyes of
the public Wednesday afternoon.
The shabu was worth P1.8 million,
said PDEA-9 Reg. Dir. Joseph C. Ladip, confiscated from a suspected drug carrier
named Albadar A. Abdul, who was arrested during a raid in the city last October.
Ladip explained that in the spirit
of transparency and accountability, they conducted proper proceedings before
the total destruction of the confiscated contraband.
Some 55 grams taken from the total 541
grams of shabu destroyed were already submitted in court for evidence, he
added.
Cerilles, in the simple program, said
the fight against illegal drugs is a concern for all sectors of the society and
not only left for law enforcement agencies.
The governor said he has been stern
in his fight against the proliferation of illegal drugs in the province shown
by his hostility to known drug lords when he created the Provincial Special
Operation on Anti-Illegal Drugs Task Force.
Aside from the said officials, representatives
of the church and civil society organizations and media members witnessed the
event. (WITH REPORTS FROM JONG CADION)