CABANATUAN CITY—The regional director of the Philippine National Police in Central Luzon has called on political leaders and ordinary citizens in Nueva Ecija to cooperate in locating possible shabu laboratories in the province.
“There is a strong possibility that a shabu laboratory is lurking somewhere in Nueva Ecija as shown by the big number of surrenderees,” Chief Supt. Aaron Aquino said.
“We just haven’t found it yet but I really believe there is a shabu lab in Nueva Ecija. Even Davao has,” he said, adding that shabu laboratories have already been unearthed in Aurora, Bulacan, Pampanga, Tarlac and Zambales.
Aquino also scolded barangay chairmen in the province, saying they should work harder in combatting the illegal drug trade.
“All they have to do is to check out if there is a shabu lab or not or if this factory is into shabu making or not,” he said.
Earlier, Nueva Ecija provincial police director Sr. Supt. Manuel Cornel disclosed that 20 barangay chairmen are in their drug watch list while another 155 have refused to cooperate in the war against drugs.