Task Force Kasanag (TFK) founder and national commander John Chiong is eyeing a partnership with the Negros Occidental City Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO) in its campaign against criminality in the province.
In a courtesy visit to NOCPPO provincial director Col. Romy Inway Palgue, Chiong discussed how the civil society group can help the PNP in its peace and development efforts.
Chiong said TFK is accredited by the Police Community Affairs Development Group in Camp Crame as a force multiplier.
Chiong also imparted with Palgue that TFK is also recognized by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) with Undersecretary Martin Diño as one of his consultants.
TFK is also a partner of the Anti-Red Tape Authority.
Palgue said everybody should take an active role in the campaign against criminality and illegal activities in the province even as he welcomed the partnership with TFK.
Chiong said working together with the PNP is in consonance with the advocacy of TFK against criminality, illegal drugs and other illegal activities.
Meanwhile, The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Negros Occidental dismantled an alleged drug den at Purok Kitahanon, Barangay Banago here and collared six persons in a buy-bust operation last recently.
Arrested were Ronie Emalon, John Michael Corsino, Iryll Benjamin, Elbert Dela Cruz, Harold Jagolino, and Joseph Christian Descutido, the PDEA reported.
The operation resulted in the confiscation of some 12 grams of suspected shabu valued at ₱ 81,600, improvised tooters, lighters, and the marked money.
Meanwhile, in Cauayan town, Dexter Lachica, 31, of Barangay Tabu, Ilog town was apprehended in a drug bust at Barangay Talacdan on the same day.
Police recovered from him a sachet of suspected shabu worth ₱ 1,500, and the ₱ 500 marked money.
Drug charges are being readied against all the suspects. (Dolly Yasa/ Glazyl Masculino, photo by TDG)
(Source: The Daily Guardian (TDG))