Google map of Datu Abdullah Sangki, Maguindanao
COTABATO CITY -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (PDEA-ARMM) has declared the town of Datu Abdullah Sangki in Maguindanao as “drug-cleared”.
The town is the fifth municipality to be declared "drug-cleared" in the province as well as the entire region.
“The persistent coordination of town officials of Datu Abdullah Sangki to the PDEA–ARMM to rid their place of illegal drugs has given them this remarkable commendation,” Marlon Santos, PDEA-ARMM officer-in-charge, said in a statement Thursday.
Only recently, the provincial oversight committee gave its final nod to declare the town’s 10 villages as drug-cleared after the concluding evaluation of its two far-flung villages--Old Maganoy and Madanding.
“The fight against prohibited drugs in this town would unceasingly continue in support to President Rodrigo Duterte’s campaign to rid our country of the social menace,” Mayor Bai Mariam Sangki Mangudadatu said during a local radio interview Friday.
In 2018, the PDEA-ARMM has also declared the towns of Pandag, Shariff Aguak, Paglat and Kabuntalan, all in Maguindanao, as cleared of illegal drugs, peddlers, and drug dependents. (PNA)
