8 drug informants get P5-M reward
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) yesterday gave around P5 million in cash to eight informants under its Operation Private Eye (OPE) project.
Former PDEA chief and now Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña handed out the reward to the informants identified by their code names as June, Sakuragi, Kiko, Spotter, Maximus, Excellente, Boi and Bald Head.
They provided PDEA with vital information that led to the arrest of drug suspects and confiscation of illegal drugs last year, Lapeña said.
“I commend them for providing us with information to eradicate illegal drugs,” he said.
The tipsters, who wore masks to conceal their identities, received the cash incentives at the PDEA headquarters in Quezon City.
June received P2 million for the information he provided, which led to the confiscation of 38,594 grams of shabu and the arrest of two drug suspects in Barangay Don Galo, Parañaque City in June 2016.
Sakuragi got P1.224 million for his tip that resulted in the arrest of four drug suspects and seizure of 101,373 kilos of shabu in Barangay Greenhills, San Juan in December last year.
Kiko received P348,512 after he supplied information, which resulted in the seizure of 4,367 grams of shabu and the arrest of a drug courier in Barangay Bel-Air, Makati also in December.
The government gave Maximus P272,013 after he tipped off authorities about a shabu laboratory in San Juan where four drug suspects were nabbed.
Excellente received P217,909 for information, which led to the seizure of 3,494 grams of shabu and arrest of two drug suspects in Pasay City.
The PDEA gave Boi P151,020 for the arrest of 23 drug suspects and seizure of 1,923,70 grams of shabu during a raid on Bayview International Tower in Parañaque last January.
The last informant, Bald Head, received P71,081 for the arrest of a drug dealer during a sting in Pasay last May.
The OPE project is an incentive scheme designed to encourage the public to report drug suspects to authorities.
“In order to win the war on drugs, we need the involvement of the community. The reports received by the PDEA are indications that we have the trust and confidence of the public,” Lapeña said.
Chief Superintendent Aaron Aquino, former chief of the Police Regional Office 3, replaced Lapeña as PDEA head.