MISAMIS ORIENTAL, May
24 (PNA) -– Police operatives have uprooted 11 ‘Marijuana” plants in the
outskirt village in the municipality of Opol as local officials heightened the
fight against illegal drugs in the area.
Town police chief
Inspector Alwin Baclao said that the Marijuana plants were illegally planted to
separate areas in the farming village of Bagocboc during a raid of the town’s
hinterland villages.
Baclao said that the
police have obtained a search warrant from the Regional Trial Court in Misamis
Oriental to raid farms and villages in Opol believed to be illegally planted to
“Marijuana” plants.
He said that the
local police will continue to monitor the town’s hinterlands for possible
cultivation of Marijuana in the farms and villages.
Seno warned those
engaged in the illegal cultivation of the Marijuana of the police continued
operations.
He said that he has
also instructed the police to put up an outpost in Barangay Barra, one of
Opol’s largest villages, where the drug trafficking is reportedly rampant.
“I ordered the
municipal police to put up an outpost and coordinate with the barangay police
to run after suspected drug traffickers in barangay Barra,” Seno said.
The municipal police command
has admitted that barangay Barra is one of the barangays in Opol where
“transaction on illegal drugs is noticeable.” “These drugs reportedly come from
Iligan City,” Baclao said.
He said the local
police operatives will continue to conduct surveillances, patrols and raids in
barangay Barra to eradicate drug trafficking in the area.(PNA)
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