Dela Rosa lauds PNP-ARMM accomplishments, warns ninja cops

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PENDATUN, Maguindanao – Police Director Gen. Ronald dela Rosa on
Tuesday reiterated the national government’s campaign against illegal drugs is
relentless and that police officers involved in it will be dealt without mercy.

We are
reaping the result of this campaign since President Duterte assumed office, the
national crime rate has gone down to 49 percent,” dela Rosa told officers, men
and women of the PNP Regional Office in the Autonomous Region in Muslim
Mindanao (PNP-ARMM)

In his speech,
dela Rosa lauded the performance of PNP-ARMM in the implementation of Oplan
Double Barrel” and Oplan Tokhang.”

While I
commend your performance, I am also warning those involved in illegal drugs from
our ranks, you ‘ninjas’ and scalawags, you better reform or you are finished,”
he said.

Ninjas”
refers to police officers who recycle prohibited drugs seized during anti-drug
operation and sell them to drug dependents.

Your police
will continue the war on drugs despite pessimism expressed by human rights advocates
and those publicly against it,” he said.

We are wasting
no time against crime and illegal activities,” dela Rosa added. Ninja copsdays
are numbered, you have to reform, or else,” he added.

After his
speech, dela Rosa pinned awards and recognition on deserving ARMM law enforcers
and urged other police officers to emulate the good ones in our ranks.”
(Ferdinandh Cabrera)