00:00As part of the directive of President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.,
00:04the DILG will target the main source of illegal drugs,
00:09including the Montilupa City Jail.
00:11In addition, the plan is to transfer to the High Maximum Security Facility
00:17the 200 high-valued personnel in the area.
00:21Kenneth Paciente of PTV with the national news.
00:26President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. wants the government to focus on illegal drugs in the country.
00:33This is what the Executive Board of the DOJ, DILG, PDEA, and PNP agreed on.
00:39According to DILG Secretary John V. Cremulia,
00:42even though the use of illegal drugs will still be targeted,
00:45the President wants to strengthen the supply of the illegal drugs.
00:50This is through the banning of drug cartels.
00:53Chasing after the big guns, the big suppliers, the main men involved in the importation of drugs.
01:01The personalities have been identified. I am not at liberty to discuss it.
01:05You cannot say that.
01:06The New Believed Prison in Montilupa City, which is the main source of illegal drugs, will be closed.
01:13According to V. Cremulia, the 200 high-valued personnel in the area are currently being investigated.
01:20They are now using cryptocurrency.
01:25He plans to transfer them to a high-maximum security facility
01:29to stop their connection to the transfer of illegal drugs.
01:33It's safe to say it will be the most secure facility yet built.
01:37And their communication lines will be totally cut.
01:41But why is the drug circulation still rampant inside the penal farm?
01:45The problem is systemic inside Montilupa.
01:49So they're trying a new approach.
01:51Whatever they do, after two weeks, everyone will have a phone again.
01:58So evidently there's something wrong within the system.
02:01And changing personnel is not the answer.
02:05You have to change the location, change their availability, change their accessibility
02:09so that the communication to the outside world is curtailed.
02:14So that's what we're doing.
02:16According to the President, the point of entry of illegal drugs in the country
02:21is also one of his goals, including the Manila International Container Port.
02:24He says that this will help foreign anti-drug entities like the U.S. DEA
02:30to avoid the entry of drugs in the country.
02:33From PTV, Kenneth Paciente, Balitang Pambansa.
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