Another batch of drug personalities surrender in Zambo Sur town

PAGADIAN CTY, Zamboanga del Sur, June 28 (PNA) -- Another batch of drug personalities have surrendered to the authorities in the nearby municipality of Dumingag in this province, the police reported Tuesday.

Chief Insp. Edgar Hinoctan, Dumingag police chief, told the Philippines News Agency that the group surrendered on Monday and has pledged to support the anti-drug campaign of President-elect Rodrigo Duterte.

Duterte, who will officially assume office on Thursday, announced that there will be relentless anti-drug campaign under his administration.

Hinoctan said the municipal government of Dumingag and barangay officials as well as the Barangay Anti-Drug Abuse Council (BADAC) facilitated the surrender of the group.

He said the surrenderees, who came from the different barangays, are known either as drug pushers and users.

He said they are set to undergo rehabilitation and would receive livelihood assistance from the local government to keep them away from drugs.

The group who surrendered on Monday was the second batch of drug personalities to surrender to the government in Dumingag.

The first group, consisting also of 10 people, surrendered on Thursday last week. (PNA)
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