SINCE February this year, the Police Regional Office (PRO) in Caraga region has seized a total of 182 bricks of cocaine worth over P1 billion from the seawaters of the region.
Based on the record of the Regional Operations Division, a total of 227 kilograms of cocaine with Dangerous Drug Board value of P1.135 billion has been turned-over to the police stations in the provinces of Surigao del Sur, Surigao del Norte and Dinagat Islands.
On April 30, another 18 bricks of cocaine were discovered by a fisherman in the seawaters of Lingig town, Surigao del Sur.
Jolan B. Pucot, 25, resident of Barangay Handamayan of the same municipality received his reward from Police Brigadier General Gilberto DC Cruz, PRO-Caraga director on Wednesday, May 1.
The police has earlier stepped up its information drive by providing the “one sack of rice per brick of cocaine” reward for those who may discover a cocaine in their areas and report it to authorities.
Most of the turned-over cocaine bricks were marked “Bugatti” and “Dollar Sign ($),” but the newly discovered cocaine in Lingig had the marking “Coca-Cola.”
“The recovery of billion worth of cocaine in the coastal areas of Caraga had saved possible victims of substance abuse. We encourage our local folks to immediately report to the nearest police unit any suspected bricks of cocaine they may find washed ashore or floating in the sea,” Cruz said.