PDEA-BARMM bares plot to kill anti-narcotics agents

From the Philippine News Agency (Jun 27, 2019): PDEA-BARMM bares plot to kill anti-narcotics agents

The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (PDEA-BARMM) bared Thursday a plot to kill anti-narcotics personnel.

Director Juvenal Azurin of PDEA-BARMM said the plot is being hatched by a drug group and some unnamed narco-politicians and that the information came from an “A-1 source.”

Azurin said the series of anti-drug operations that resulted in the arrest of high-value targets and confiscation of huge volumes of illegal drugs could be the reasons why criminals would want to get back at PDEA agents.

“They are planning to retaliate by plotting the assassination of PDEA-BARMM personnel,” Azurin said in a statement.

Azurin said details about the plot have been shared with other government security agencies like the police, military and National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA).

Despite the plot, Azurin assured that the PDEA will continue to perform its mandated duty to protect the country, the people and prosecute those engaged in illegal drugs and activities.

“For those who seek to harm us, we vow that for every life you take, we will grow stronger by ten-folds,” Azurin said, adding that “We will not rest until this is over and we will not be threatened by your criminal acts.”

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1073467