Vigilant residents

Rewards await to those who surrender cocaine

Davao Oriental – As he lauded the immediate response of residents and law enforcement agencies on the recent discovery of bricks of cocaine found along the shorelines of Caraga town, Davao Oriental Governor Nelson Dayanghirang said that reward await those villagers who tipped and reported to the authorities about the shockingly massive find.

“First of all, I congratulate the residents of Caraga town, particularly residents and village officials of Barangay Santiago for immediately reporting to the local police the recovery of bricks of cocaine found along their shoreline. I also thank the local police, the personnel of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and the Philippine Navy for their immediate response to the incident. We will give rewards to residents who found and surrendered to the government authorities the bricks of cocaine,” Dayanghirang said in a statement.

During the Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Council (Padac) meeting held on February 27 at the Oriental Prince Hotel in the City of Mati, the members passed a resolution to extend monetary reward of P30,000 each to the two residents who reported the discovered bricks of cocaine to the authorities.

Padac Action Officer and Provincial Administrator Art Benjie Bulaong said that the two residents who have been instrumental in the recovery of the drugs deserve to get the reward so that more people will be encouraged to support and cooperate in the province’s anti-drug efforts.

“We are giving this reward to people who have enough courage to report incidents such as this,” he said. /