During a recent consultation with members of the Benguet Traders and Truckers Association (BTTA), Razon said the fight against highway extortion is not yet over.
Truckers told Razon during the dialogue that extortion incurred along the national roads are 98 percent eliminated after the various consultations were made between the traders, the PNP and other government agencies.
Razon, however, said efforts should not stop there.
"We still have to work on the remaining two percent," he said.
BTTA officers said while extortion along the national roads is almost gone, the problem still exists in areas far from the highway.
Razon said the battle against the illicit activities should continue and anti-extortion activities should move towards the outskirts.
The PNP chief has been distributing identification cards to the truckers, traders and farmers containing his mobile number to serve as their shield against extortion.
These were distributed in various dialogues and consultations among the farmers, traders and the PNP.
Razon during his latest visit to La Trinidad, where he turned over brand new cars to the Cordillera Police Regional Office and accepted the two-storey municipal police building donated by the local government to the PNP, also distributed food security stickers to BTTA members to complement the food lane stickers issued by the Department of Agriculture (DA).
The stickers aim to facilitate the delivery of agricultural products to the end markets by exempting delivery vehicles from the truck bans imposed by local governments in Metro Manila and to stop the unnecessary flagging down of these vehicles by unscrupulous law enforcers. (JC)
