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PDEA sacks nearly all Calabarzon personnel

Rambo Talabong

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PDEA sacks nearly all Calabarzon personnel
The sacked personnel, including the regional chief, are linked to 'unlawful arrests and extortion activities' in Batangas and Cavite

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) sacked almost all of its staff from its office in Calabarzon (Region IV-A), the agency announced on Sunday, March 4.

“They were discharged from duties after intelligence reports linking them to a series of unlawful arrests and extortion activities in the provinces of Batangas and Cavite,” PDEA chief Director General Aaron Aquino said in a statement.

Aquino ordered the sacking of the Calabarzon regional chief Archie Grande and 61 agents, administrative staff, and technical personnel assigned to the operations unit group.

PDEA did not elaborate on how the agents were involved in unlawful arrests and extortion.

The mass sacking comes just 3 months after PDEA was designated the “lead agency” in President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs. – Rappler.com

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Rambo Talabong

Rambo Talabong covers the House of Representatives and local governments for Rappler. Prior to this, he covered security and crime. He was named Jaime V. Ongpin Fellow in 2019 for his reporting on President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs. In 2021, he was selected as a journalism fellow by the Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics.
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