Concepcion, Tarlac – – “He is the 3rd municipal employee, more are coming.”
Thus said, PSupt Luis Ventura Jr, as he announced the arrest of another employee of this town’s local government.
Apprehended in a buy-bust operation at Barangay San Nicolas was Joel Cecilio y Santos, 43, of Barangay San Jose Poblacion.
Cecilio was entrapped by operatives led by Ventura, the newly assigned Head of the Tarlac Police Provincial Office (TPPO) Intelligence Branch.
In his report to TPPO Director PSSupt Ritchie Posadas, Ventura said “Cecilio sold a sachet of shabu to our police-poseur buyer and 2 more sachets were seized from his possession”.
Earlier, 2 other municipal employees were arrested in a separate buy bust operations who were Abel Datu, 50, of Barangay San Nicolas Pobalcion, and Armando Pamintuan, 51, of Barangay Green Village, who was entrapped along with his wife 40-year old Mary Ann Pamintuan in their barangay.
Ventura was still the police OIC of Concepcion when Datu and the Pamintuans were arrested.
Mayor Andy Lacson has then ordered Ventura to go all out against drugs and apprehended whoever is involved in illegal drugs.
“Sa aking administrasyon, pagdating sa droga, walang sasantuhin”, Lacson was quoted as saying.
During his 4-month stint as police chief of this town, Ventura was able to entrap 2 barangay kagawads, 2 municipal employees, and more than 62 drug pushers.
For his “sterling accomplishments”, he also received several commendations and medals.
From No. 8, Ventura’s leadership made this town the Number 1 municipal police station in Tarlac province on the PNP anti-drugs campaign./Nelson Bolos