DAVAO DEL NORTE, Mar. 2 (PIA) -- Illegal drugs are now being transported through some courier services, said IA III Julius A. Magdadaro, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Davao Del Norte Provincial Director.
Magdadaro confirmed in a radio guesting today that there are cases of transportation of illegal drugs to the province by means of some courier service companies.
The statements of the apprehended persons from legit buy-bust operations validate the new modus operandi of smuggling drugs to the province.
"Sa mga modus karon, naa napod, nag-evolve napod sila kay during sa mga apprehensions namo sa interview sa arrested persons, naa mi nakuha nga information nga through courier services na nila ginapadala ang uban. Dili pod tanan no (courier services) pero naa pod uban. Didto gina conceal ang drugs ug ginapadala," (In the new modus operandi now, the selling of illegal drugs is also evolving now as evidenced by the statements of the arrested persons during interviews where illegal drugs are now being transported through courier services. Not all courier servicing companies are involved but some are. They conceal the drugs in the items in the packages), Magdadaro explained.
He also explained that these shipments are from other regions.
"Kana siya gikan sa mga other regions according sa mga suspect na nainterview nato," (According to the suspect we interviewed, these drugs came from other regions), he added.
Magdadaro also cited one case from 2021. "Last year is naa sa Panabo, during sa buy-bust namo. Then gi-interview namo ang suspect so mao to gi-divulge niya thru courier services (We had one case of this last year in Panabo City during a buy-bust operation. The suspect divulged that the illegal drugs were sent thru courier services during the interview)," he cited.
Intelligence Officer II, Dennis Paguinto of PDEA Davao Del Norte also shared one case in Tagum City.
"Then naa pod 1 case diri sa Tagum ginapadala siya thru courier services mao na ginapakusgan pod namo ang pagmonitor nato sa atong local courier deliveries," (We also have one case here in Tagum City where the drugs were also sent through courier services that's why we strengthened our monitoring mechanisms on local courier servicing companies), Paguinto explained.
Paguinto also said that the Provincial Government of Davao Del Norte took immediate action regarding the problem.
"Na brought-up pod ni nato kay Kuya Gob mao tong gipatawag pod ang mga supervisors ug managers sa mga courier services," (We also brought this up to Kuya Gob (Provincial Governor Edwin I. Jubahib) that's why the supervisors and managers of these companies in local branches were called out), he explained.
"Ngayon po we are conducting random inspections to courier services. Before po Tagum - Panabo lang pero ngayon po nag-rereach out na po tayo sa different LGUs nato basta may courier serives diha," (As of now, we are conducting random inspections to courier services. We are only looking at Tagum City and Panabo City before but recently, we have also extended our monitoring schemes to neighboring LGUs. (PIA XI Davao del Norte/jmda/Ezri M. Coda)
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