The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency is encouraging the public to report any illegal drug activities within its neighborhood through 24/7 call and text hotlines as well as through the Facebook account of director general Wilkins Villanueva.
Villanueva said they have piloted "Isumbong Mo Kay Wilkins!" Facebook page to provide an avenue for informants and other concerned citizens to provide the agency with vital information in its fight to go after illegal drugs.
The program also offers the "fastest, secure and affordable" means to receive information from concerned individuals, he added.
“Supplied information may lead to the conduct of intelligence operations, and casing and surveillance operations, resulting in the arrest of high-value targeted personalities, seizure of sizeable amounts of illegal drugs, and dismantling of illegal drug facilities,” the anti-drug czar said.
Those who would want to send their reports on illegal drug activity within their community may text or call 09953547020 and 09310278212 for Globe and Smart/Sun subscribers, respectively.
According to Villanueva, the public may also send private messages of anti-drug information via Facebook page: Wilkins Villanueva.
“Rest assured that all received information will be treated with utmost confidentiality. Send reliable information and help us end the drug menace,” he vowed.
Meanwhile, National Bureau of Investigation operatives have arrested four persons during a buy-bust operation on illegal drugs in Manila.
NBI Officer-in-Charge Eric Distor identified the suspects as Eric Eulogio, Odessa de Guzman Paterna, Renato Abaya, and April Kyle Gonzalez. They were known as an “akyat condo gang” for a series of robberies in condominiums in Manila and Quezon City.
The suspects were charged before the Office of the City Prosecutor of Manila for sale of Illegal drugs, maintenance of a drug den, and use of illegal drugs.
The four were also positive for the use of shabu.
The group was notoriously engaged in robbery, theft, drug peddling, and maintenance of drug dens usually picking condominium owners within Manila and Quezon City.
They also have a record with the Philippine National Police-National Capital Region Police Officer for robbing millions worth of jewelry and cash from a condominium owner in 2016.
The suspects were arrested during a buy-bust operation inside the Oyo-V-Cat Hotel in Blumentritt, Manila on June 13, 2020, after trying to sell P2,000 worth of shabu to the NBI operatives.