He said most persons who are on the watch list have not turned themselves in, an observation shared by Elliot.
He said he had asked the 19 barangay chairs of his town to give more names of persons allegedly involved in the drug trade.
The town police office is implementing the nationwide campaign called “Oplan Tokhang” meant to convince drug peddlers and users to give themselves up before the police would hunt them down.
The suspects signed a written oath that they would no longer use or trade illegal drugs, and then were allowed to go home.
Some local residents said they are happy with the campaign as a way to save the youth from the drug menace.
“I have four boys and I’m so afraid that they would use illegal substance,” Gemma Plaza of Poblacion said, adding the “mass surrender” of drug suspects had never happened in this town before.[]
