Some informants of the PDEA prefer to be rewarded in kind—specifically a cut of the illegal drugs that were seized based on their tip—instead of in cash, PDEA Director General Virgilio Moro Lazo told a House panel. | JMAurelioINQ /PDI
One of those tipsters, Lazo said upon questioning by House health committee chair Rep. Ciriaco Gato Jr., still worked for the agency. “We are still using him, but he knows already that he will be rewarded only with the monetary reward that PDEA can give,” he said.
“If he didn’t get the 30 percent commission, he might think of another way of getting a commission not necessarily through you, through PDEA, but from other means,” he added. According to Lazo, the PDEA can give only as much as P2 million to tipsters who provide information that lead to successful antinarcotics operations. The system of compensation, rewards and awards is provided for in Republic Act No. 9165, or the 2002 Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act.
“That is a very serious drug problem. If you have one kilo [of drugs] apprehended, 30 percent goes back, and the asset has links with the users and drug lords. So it can be sold back on the streets,” Barbers said.
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