WAR ON DRUGS TOPS NEW PNP CHIEFS AGENDA

SIBULAN, Negros Oriental -- New Provincial Police Director S/Supt. Amaron
Morrok pledged to give priority to the war on drugs in Negros Oriental.

S/Supt. Morrok officially took over his new post during the turnover
ceremony Tuesday.

He replaced S/Supt. Drusillo Bolodo who was transferred to the Philippine
National Police Regional Headquarters in Cebu City.

Morrok believed a series of operation against drug pushers and drug lords
will stop the drug problem in the province.

The new police director blamed the increasing crime rates to the
proliferation of illegal drugs.

Morrok said drug users resort to cell phone and bag snatchings and other
crimes to sustain their vice.

Drug users, he said, will also resort to major crimes like stabbings,
hackings, shootings and rapes.

Morrok appealed to the community to help the police and be vigilant in the
fight against illegal drugs.

The police director lamented the lopsided proportion of police to the
population of Negros Oriental.