By Mortz C. Ortigoza
DAGUPAN CITY – The fear of death was the main reason
why two former dangerous drug users submitted recently themselves to the mayor
and the police here to pledge in an affidavit to forego their habit.
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JUNKIES AND DOPE PEDDLERS. Self-confessed narcotics
users and pushers from the “notorious” Sitio Aling Barangay Pantal
near Arellano Street have voluntarily surrendered to Dagupan City’s OIC
Chief of Police Supt. Neil O. Miro.
The “surrenderees” have been accompanied to the police
station by Pantal Barangay Chairman Julie Anne Perez. PHOTO CREDIT: Dagupan
City’s PNP
“Ayaw ko pang mamatay sir, user ako gumagamit lang (I
don’t want to die sir. I was only a user),” quipped by 24 years old Reggie
Castillo inside the mayor’s office here to Northern Watch.
He said he is unemployed after his employer in a mall
did not renew his contract.
“I used to have a job where a portion of my salary I
used to buy shabu to finance my drug habit”.
Castillo, just like the other self- declared drug
users and pushers surrendered to the police and this city’s mayor Belen T.
Fernandez, said they used shabu or meta-amphetamine hydrochloride that can be
bought for P100 toP300 per sachet.
Allan, not his real name, cited that he surrendered,
too, because he feared death from death squads who roamed using a motorcycle
the residences of the drug suspects before they assassinate through a 45
caliber handgun their unguarded target.
“Kasi natatakot po ako,” he quipped by hiding his head
using a towel as cameras of TV stations pan on the almost 50 drug personalities
who submitted themselves here.
He said he came from Manaoag but lives in Barangay
Bacayao here where he used to peddle clothes.
Allan said he is presently unemployed.
“It has been a long time that I did not use shabu but
the village chief included me on the list so I could not do anything”.
