PNP 8 recovers 18 more bricks of cocaine

Tacloban City (July 22) — Eighteen more bricks of suspected cocaine were recovered after two days of intensive monitoring and search operations versus illegal drugs conducted by the members of the Anti-illegal Drugs Special Operations Task Force, Regional Intelligence Division, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, K9 Team of the Philippine Coast Guard, Borongan City Police, and Salcedo Municipal Station in the province of Eastern Samar.

Philippine National Police Regionn 8 Director Rey L. Lanada informed that at around 8:30 in the morning of July 21, 2010, at Barangay Divinubo, Borongan, Eastern Samar, 16 cocaine bricks were voluntarily surrendered at the Borongan Police Station.

The PNP Director said that fourteen (14) cocaine bricks were surrendered bt Edwin Doculan, 37 years old; and two other cocaine bricks were turned-over by Edgar Beros, 50 years old.

This was made possible through the efforts of the joint elements of Eastern Samar Provincial Police Office, Borongan Police Station, AIDSOTF, RSOG and RID 8, Director Lanada said.

Meanwhile, at about 11:00 o’clock in the morning of the same day, two bricks of cocaine were surrendered by Victor Gana, of legal age of Barangay Burak; and Antonio Basiides Labay of Barangay San Roque, both of the municipality of Salcedo.

This was made possible through the collective effort of the Salcedo Municipal Police Station led by Police Inspector Gilberto Colima, AIDSOTF, RID PRO 8, K9 Unit of the Philippine Coast Guard and PDEA 8 under the supervision of Eastern Samar Provincial Director Felixberto Castillo.

The surrendered cocaine bricks are now under the custody of the Eastern Samar Police Provincial Office, Director Lanada said. The same will be subsequently turned over to the PNP Crime Laboratory 8 for chemical analysis.

Director Lanada expressed his gratitude for the all-out support of the local residents in Borongan and Salcedo, Eastern Samar, in informing and surrendering the cocaine bricks to the Phiippine National Police.

Director Lanada reiterated his call for the local residents not to sell any illegal drugs they might recover. If they do that and they are arrested, the case that would be filed against them will be non-bailable, the good Director added. (PIA