by Karina Santillan (Manila) and Tony Robinson (London) Illegal drugs are an issue that's wider than the drug smugglers and cartels who bring them into the country and the corrupt police officers who protect them for a slice of the. Pressenza Philippines
Send them to jail, where the big-time drug lords continue to operate? Dismiss them from the service, so they can work full time with the syndicates? Or, as Duterte has suggested, "ihulog mo?"
IF former president Rodrigo Duterte would have his way, he would take one of the police officers involved in the 990-kilogram shabu haul in October 2022 on a helicopter ride, flying at an altitude of 20,000 feet, and give him 30 seconds to identify the owner of the drugs. If the officer won t respond, then he will be in free fall.
SEN. Christopher Lawrence Bong Go on Thursday underscored the continuing need for robust actions to combat the drug menace in the wake of the recent filing of charges by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) against police officers allegedly involved in a staggering 990-kilogram shabu haul.
'These are syndicates. Kasi hindi ako makapaniwalang, dadalawa lang. Hindi ako makapaniwalang, isang sarhento, may ganto kalaki ,' says Interior Secretary Abalos