TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, August 25 (PIA) -- Since January to August this year, some P71,404.35 worth of drugs are confiscated every day in Bohol.

During the most recent meeting of the Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC), police reports indicate that from Jan. 1 to August 23, Bohol narcotics agents and allied forces tasked in the implementation of the government’s anti-illegal drugs campaign have confiscated some 2,478.29 grams of meth-ampithamine hydrochloride (meth) or shabu in Bohol.

The overall haul would have a Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) street value equivalent to P16,862,372, according to Police Supt. Cheryl Boniao, Bohol Provincial Police Office deputy operations chief.

This would translate to 10.501 grams of shabu that were taken off the streets in the last 236 days courtesy of the government authorities implementing the campaign.

At the DDB determined street value of P6,800 per gram, authorities have disrupted operations with P71,404 worth of drugs taken off the streets.

Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) focal person on Ending Local Communists Armed Conflict Romeo Teruel, during the meeting, raised the need to identify the big drug lords and neutralize.

During the PPOC meeting, Gov. Erico Aristotle Aumentado, in his first mandate as the PPOC Chair, has tasked the Special Action Committee (SAC) on Criminality to convene and propose actions to be taken to put a dent on the drug problem.

“Your governor is committed to address the drug problem. Hopefully, the SAC can give us a plan to take on the problem,” he said.

Aside from the SAC, the governor also sought the same action from the police, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and the Department of the Interior and Local Government to craft plans to support the Capitol’s anti-drug campaign. (RAHC/PIA7 Bohol)