In a statement, Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan lauded the police and said “the authorities are on the right path in ridding of illegal drugs operation in our community.” Pamintuan stressed that “raids like those would be more effective if the suspects are also being apprehended.”
This developed as Councilor Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin, Jr. vowed to initiate an investigation in the sangguniang panlungsod on why this city has become a haven for illegal drugs’ factories and no suspects are arrested.
The discovery of the Sto. Domingo shabu lab came in the wake of an earlier police raid at a laboratory inside a house at Timog Park Subdivision in Barangay Cutcut here last March 16 where 10 kilos of shabu can be produced daily by the lab.
the Pampanga Press Club (PPC) on Wednesday held at the Prism Lounge of the Widus Hotel and Casino in Clark, Lazatin said as soon as the city council convenes next month, “I will initiate an investigation on why big shabu labs are established in Angeles and how come no one is arrested during these police raids.”
“Tayo po ay mag-iimbistiga pag bukas po ng 17th council at titingnan natin kung paano natin palalakasin at tutulungan pa ang ating kapulisan (We will start an investigation once the 17th council opens and find out how we can strengthen and help our policemen),” Lazatin said. “Yan po ang kaya nating gawin (This is what we can do),” he added.
Lazatin also said Mayor Pamintuan should explain to the people why this is happening in our community.
“We will also invite the police and barangay officials and ask them for an explanation,” he said.
On Tuesday, law enforcers seized some P1.2-billion worth of liquid methamphetamine hydrochloride (shabu) and finished products in a raid at a residence converted into a drugs factory/ laboratory at Villa Dolores Subdivision in Barangay Sto. Domingo here.
Police described the seizure as “the biggest drugs haul so far in Central Luzon for this year.” But no arrests were made.
Newly-installed Police Regional Office 3 (PRO3) director, Chief Supt. Aaron Aquino noted that this is the second illegal drugs laboratory busted by government authorities this year.
“The laboratory can produce more than 50 kilos of shabu per cycle” based on the equipment and precursors found inside the residence,” Aquino said, adding that such can be considered a “mega laboratory.”
