81 brys. up for validation: PRO 7

Taliño says CPPO’s list was only recommendation, it’s CPADAO that will declare village drug-free

Part of the validation process is checking with the police station commanders on their basis for declaring a barangay free from illegal drugs, particularly shabu According to the Dangerous Drugs Board, a community will be cleared of illegal drugs when: there is no drug supply; it is not being used as a drug transit or transhipment point; it has no shabu laboratory, chemical drug warehouse, or marijuana cultivation site; and it has no resorts or other places being used as drug dens

THE 81 barangays in Cebu Province that were initially declared by the police as drug-free are still subject for validation, a top-ranking official said yesterday.

Chief Supt. Noli Taliño, Police Regional Office (PRO) 7 director, said that it is up to the Cebu Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Office (CPADAO) to declare a barangay free from drugs.

“Yung sa amin, hindi pa naman final yung report ng Cebu Province. Ang sabi ko sa kanila for recommendation as a drugfree barangay pero hindi pa final yun. Ipapa-validate pa natin ‘yun (For our part, the report from the Cebu Province is not yet final. What I told them was only to submit a recommendation of drug-free barangays but these are not yet final. This (recommendation) will still be validated,” said Taliño. “So if I will not approve it then it’s back to zero.”

The Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO) supposedly cleared barangays Cabongaan, Campo, Consuelo, Esperanza, Himensulan, Montealegre, Northern Poblacion, San Isidro, Santa Cruz, Santiago, Sonog, Southern Poblacion, Unidos, Union and Western Poblacion in San Francisco town; and Adela, Altavista, Cagcagan, Cansabusab, Daan Paz, Eastern Poblacion, Esperanza, Libertad, Mabini, Mercedes, Pagsa, Paz, Rizal, San Jose, Santa Rita, Teguis and Western Poblacion in Poro town as drug-free.

Both towns are located in the Camotes Island, Cebu.

Part of the validation process is checking with the police station commanders on their basis for declaring a barangay free from illegal drugs, particularly shabu.

According to the Dangerous Drugs Board, a community will be cleared of illegal drugs when: there is no drug supply; it is not being used as a drug transit or transhipment point; it has no shabu laboratory, chemical drug warehouse, or marijuana cultivation site; and it has no resorts or other places being used as drug dens.