By Chito Chavez
Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) chief Director General Aaron Aquino on Friday said that most of the shabu shipped to the Philippines came from the “Golden Triangle’’ region which borders the countries of Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar, and not from China as earlier claimed by Vice President Leni Robredo.
VICE PRESIDENT MEETS THE PRESS – Vice President Leonor ‘Leni’ Robredo holds a press conference at her office in Quezon City on Nov. 14 following a meeting with military and police officials about new policies in the government’s anti-drugs war. Robredo has been actively doing her job as the new co-chairman of the government’s committee handling the fighting against drug addiction and trafficking. (Ted Aljibe/AFP/MANILA BULLETIN)
He added that cocaine being unlawfully brought to the country are mainly from South America, specifically from Columbia and Peru.
The PDEA chief also noted that the supply of ecstasy that has reached the Philippines was traced mainly from its origin in the Netherlands and other European countries.
Both Robredo and Aquino are co-chairmen of the government’s Inter-agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (ICAD).
Earlier, Robredo claimed that most of the illegal drugs in the Philippines came from China, if not Chinese citizens.
Even Aquino said in the past that China was the main source of shabu in the country. But is no longer the case anymore, he said.
With this declaration, Robredo has called on concerned government authorities to conduct extensive probes on the foreign suppliers of illegal drugs in the country.
Last Thursday, Robredo conferred with law enforcement officials, representatives from the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and Philippine National Police officials to discuss relevant issues in her role as ICAD co-chair.
Robredo expressed plans to seek the assistance of intelligence agents from the United States to resolve the illegal drug woes in the country.
For his part, PDEA spokesman Derrick Arnold Carreon said the Vice-President might have obtained the information that China remains the main supplier of shabu from her US sources.
He maintained that PDEA is supportive of Robredo in her capacity as ICAD co-chairman.
VICE PRESIDENT MEETS THE PRESS – Vice President Leonor ‘Leni’ Robredo holds a press conference at her office in Quezon City on Nov. 14 following a meeting with military and police officials about new policies in the government’s anti-drugs war. Robredo has been actively doing her job as the new co-chairman of the government’s committee handling the fighting against drug addiction and trafficking. (Ted Aljibe/AFP/MANILA BULLETIN)
He added that cocaine being unlawfully brought to the country are mainly from South America, specifically from Columbia and Peru.
The PDEA chief also noted that the supply of ecstasy that has reached the Philippines was traced mainly from its origin in the Netherlands and other European countries.
Both Robredo and Aquino are co-chairmen of the government’s Inter-agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (ICAD).
Earlier, Robredo claimed that most of the illegal drugs in the Philippines came from China, if not Chinese citizens.
Even Aquino said in the past that China was the main source of shabu in the country. But is no longer the case anymore, he said.
With this declaration, Robredo has called on concerned government authorities to conduct extensive probes on the foreign suppliers of illegal drugs in the country.
Last Thursday, Robredo conferred with law enforcement officials, representatives from the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and Philippine National Police officials to discuss relevant issues in her role as ICAD co-chair.
Robredo expressed plans to seek the assistance of intelligence agents from the United States to resolve the illegal drug woes in the country.
For his part, PDEA spokesman Derrick Arnold Carreon said the Vice-President might have obtained the information that China remains the main supplier of shabu from her US sources.
He maintained that PDEA is supportive of Robredo in her capacity as ICAD co-chairman.