Pubdate: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 Source: Cebu Daily News (Philippines) Copyright: 2002sCebu Daily News Contact: http://www.cebudailynews.com.ph/metro5.htm Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1723 Author: Doris C. Bongcac COUNCIL APPROVES BUY-BUST FUND; TO DEMAND 720 ARRESTS THE CEBU City government will allocate P360,000 from its Pagcor funds to finance a three-month operation against illegal drugs. This after the National Drug Law Enforcement and Prevention (NDEP) Coordinating Council discontinued its P50,000 monthly assistance to the Cebu City Police Office. The City Council approved the release of the buy-bust fund through a resolution submitted by Councilor Sylvan Jakosalem during the council session Wednesday afternoon. The funding will be added to the P10,000 monthly operational funds the city police receives from their national headquarters, Jakosalem said. Cebu City south district Rep. Antonio Cuenco also pledged to allocate another P360,000 for police operations during a conversation with Jakosalem last Wednesday. With the fresh funds for police operations, city officials will require police to come up with at least 240 arrests each month, or a total of 720 arrests in three months. Jakosalem said the P360,000 allocation from the city government will be divided among the citya's 11 police stations. Operations will focus on street pushers carrying 0.1 to 5.0 grams of drugs, Jakosalem said in his approved resolution, adding that police can also request for the city's assistance to apprehend big time drug pushers. - --- MAP posted-by: Beth