Pubdate: Mon, 09 May 2005
Source: Freeman, The (Philippines)
Copyright: 2005 The Freeman
Contact:  http://www.thefreeman.com
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/3437
Author: Ryan P. Borinaga
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DRUGS BACK IN "LITTLE PASIL"

A year after a saturation drive was conducted in sitio Dita barangay 
Pulangbato, nearly wiping out the illegal drug trade there, intelligence 
reports yesterday suggested that the situation is back to square one again.

Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Branch chief Paul Labra said that 
pushers are again peddling shabu along the road to anybody passing by.

He admitted that due to other concerns they are only doing surveillance in 
Dita for now and cannot arrest anybody yet.

But Labra clarified that the situation is not yet alarming.

Last Saturday, Rowelan Ababat and Estor Bordalba were caught there with a 
sachet of shabu and three rolled tinfoils.

Last year Dita was dubbed by police authorities as "little Pasil" because 
it had become the center of illegal trade in the mountain barangay before 
the drug "pioneers" fell in the saturation drive.
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