Senators placed the chief of the PDEA in the hot seat for not going after the informants who told him about their “custom” of receiving 30 percent of the seized drugs in its operations as a reward instead of money. | BPinlacINQ
Lazo noted that the informants termed the practices as “kalakaran” or custom.
“It should be incumbent on your part being the director of PDEA to make things straight. Continue pursuing that. Make them state witnesses, so we can lodge cases against those involved in that 30 percent [custom], because that is very unacceptable,” Dela Rosa said partly in Filipino. Sen. Raffy Tulfo further prodded Lazo if at least asked who from the PDEA was involved in offering drugs as a reward for tipsters.Tulfo raised doubts about why Lazo failed to ask such a “simple question.” He then explained that once a new administration assumes office, some individuals often approach agency chiefs to seek continuity for their illegal practices.“It’s a good thing you didn’t agree to it.
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