It seems to be an open season on drug lords.
In an interview over the weekend, reelected Manila Mayor Joseph “Erap” Estrada expressed his support for President-elect Rodrigo Duterte’s crusade against the drug trade.
“Estrada said that he ordered the Manila Police District (MPD) to flush out all known drug traffickers in the city, particularly in Binondo, where police suspect several Chinese drug lords are still operating,” reports Jose Rodel Clapano in The Philippine Star.
Estrada was quoted as saying, “We will neutralize the sources of these illegal drugs, the powerful ones managing those notorious drug rings. It’s either they get out of Manila now, or continue their operations here and hide, but either way, we will dig them out and expose them. This is no joke.”
For his part, MPD deputy director for operations Senior Superintendent Marcelino Pedrozo said the MPD “has identified Chinese drug lords allegedly operating in Binondo and has several other reported drug traffickers in the Muslim community under surveillance.”
Pedrozo pointed out that “Estrada is known to give PHP100,000 as a reward to anyone who helped capture wanted drug pushers in the city.”
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