Pubdate: 22 Jul 2004 Source: Manila Times (Philippines) Copyright: 2004, The Manila Times Contact: http://www.manilatimes.net/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/921 Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/meth.htm (Methamphetamine) Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/topics/shabu Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/people/Edgardo+Aglipay AGLIPAY BEEFS UP WAR AGAINST ILLEGAL DRUGS AFTER UN REPORT THE Philippine National Police (PNP) has strengthened its campaign against traffickers of illegal drugs following a United Nations report that the country is among the top three sources of shabu in the world after Myanmar (formerly Burma) and China. Deputy Director General Edgardo B. Aglipay, who is also concurrent head of the Anti-Illegal Drugs Special Operations Task Force, said the UN findings should serve as a wake-up call to the government. Aglipay assured the people that there would be no letup in the fight against the illegal drugs trade. Just last week, Aglipay's men raided a shabu warehouse in Villa Liwayway Subdivision, Maysan, Valenzuela City, confiscating 147 drums of assorted chemicals used in making shabu, two high-capacity driers and other shabu-processing equipment. The warehouse could have easily produced as much as 30,000 kilos of shabu had its operations not been dismantled by the raid, according to the police. The raid is only the latest in a string of successes racked up by the PNP's special task force against illegal drugs. Aglipay is one of the contenders for the PNP's top post. - --- MAP posted-by: Thunder