Cebu City Philippines - The Police Regional office (PRO) 7 is planning to ask the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to donate seized smuggled vehicles to them to address the police's lack of mobility.
PRO 7 Director Ronald Roderos said this was one of the topics discussed in the last Regional Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee (RLECC).
He pointed out that since the BOC warehouse burned, the seized vehicles are not stored properly and are exposed to the elements.
Since the lack of police vehicles is always a problem for most police offices and stations, Roderos said they plan to request the BOC to donate the seized vehicles instead.
Also, during the meeting, the need for coordination among law enforcement agencies was raised.
This concern was brought up following incidents wherein the police received reports of kidnapping but these turned out to be agents from other agencies.
There were reports involving agents from the Bureau of Immigration (BI) last month.
The first report was when two Indian nationals were picked up in Boljoon town, sending citizens to report to the police about a kidnapping incident in the middle of the town market.
Police in Santander had intercepted them and learned they were agents of the BI picking up the two Indians who did not have proper documents.
After that, a Korean couple was picked up in Banilad, Cebu City, that sent police checking on another kidnapping report. Their "abductors" also turned out to be BI agents.
Senior Supt Carmelo Valmoria, Cebu Provincial Police Office director, said that if the agency did not want to inform them before conducting operations for confidential reasons, they could always tell them after the operation has been conducted. - Philippine News Agency
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