Cocpo reactivates anti-drug unit

The City Drug Enforcement Unit (CDEU) of the Cagayan de Oro City Police Office (Cocpo) has been reactivated and its anti-drug operatives recalled after President Rodrigo Duterte directed the police back at the front lines of the administration’s war on drugs.

Cocpo spokesperson Chief Inspector Mardy Hortillosa II said a counter-check will be made for CDEU members who were previously reassigned to other units to ensure they are not, in any way, involved in illegal drug activities.

The CDEU, composed of two 8-man teams, had been disbanded after Duterte handed over the sole power to conduct anti-drug operations to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) nearly two months ago.

“Ibalik na nato mga personnel sa CDEU pero i-subject gihapon nato sila sa counter-checking sa ilang record para masiguro nga dili sila involved sa drug activities (We will assemble again the personnel of CDEU but they will be subjected to counter-checking of their records to ensure that they are really not involved in illegal drug activities), ”Hortillosa said.

“Mag depende pud sa atong city director kung dugangan ba ang personahe sa CDEU (It will depend on the city director if he will add more personnel to the CDEU), ”Hortillosa added.

Hortillosa said the anti-drug teams of every police station will COCPO,11