THE gravity of illegal drug problem in Bohol is getting serious, based on the 29th round of public presentation of Bohol Polls 2025 on Friday.
The opinion survey conducted on March 6-29 showed that 16% of the 400 respondent-voters said it’s “very serious” just like last year’s figure.
The “very serious” of the illegal drugs in Bohol posted 6% in the year 2022 and 4% in 2023.
This year’s survey said the said problem is 36% said it’s “not serious” and 21%, “not a problem.
Meanwhile, The Bohol Provincial Police Office (BPPO) was able to increase the number of up to 718 as drug-cleared barangays with the remaining 374 as drug affected of the total 1,109 barangays in Bohol.
The success in decreasing the number of drug-affected barangays is credited to the police efforts thru 2,808 operations conducted and 3,100 individual/suspects arrested.
A total of P447,972,215.60 worth of 65,877,844 grams of illegal drugs seized.
Of the 47 towns and one city, there are still some towns who are on top of the list of having low number of barangays cleared of illegal drugs.
In the town of Inabanga, only 5 of its 50 barangays are drug-cleared, leaving 45 still drug-affected, or 90.0%; Tagbilaran City, 2 barangays cleared and 13 remains affected, or 86.70%; Ubay only 7 barangays drug-cleared, 37 barangays are not, or 84%; Talibon, 5 barangays cleared but 20 are not, or 80%; and Panglao, 2 barangays drug-cleared but 8 not, or 80%, according to the date of the BPPO.
One hundred percent (100%) illegal drug-cleared barangays are in the towns of Albur, Alicia, Balilihan, Candijay, Catigbian, Garcia-Hernandez, Loboc, Lila, Maribojoc, San Isidro, Trinidad and Sikatuna.
This came during the illegal drugs forum with main resource person PltCol Norman Nuez of the BPPO held at Conference Hall, New Capitol, Tagbilaran City. (rvo)
