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In this day and age, members of the police force are more often than not looked upon in a negative

light. Blame it on the stereotype, but that͛s just the way it has become. Gone are the days when being a

police officer simply meant that you protect the people. Now, to the common person, law enforcers are

often seen as corrupt and biased towards who can give bigger bribe money.

And while this may be true in some cases, there are still those who stick to the essence of service. And

last Friday ʹ April 20, 2010 ʹ three of them were honored.

On the latest episode of S
    


 (T.S.I.P.), two of the country͛s latest drug raids were

given light, putting focus on the teams behind each. On the segment ͞Hepe of the Week,͟ P/Insp.

Virgilio Santiago was applauded for the efforts he and his team exerted in the raid against three Chinese

nationals just last April 18. The raid happened along Better Living in Taguig City and is considered to be

one of the biggest hauls in terms of the amount seized, with 7.5kg of methamphetamine in the suspects͛

possession.

Two others were also given recognition in a later segment, ͞Mamang Pulis͟. After raiding and closing

down a big drug factory in the same city, PO3 Reynaldo Cuevas and PO2 James Barbajera were also

honored. While the first operation was recognized as being big in terms of the weight of drugs seized,

this one was applauded for its monetary value of rougly Php 11,000,000,000.00.

All of the three police officers are members of the Anti-Illegal Drugs Branch of the RAID-SOTG and were

commended by current PNP Chief Jesus A. Verzosa.

S    is a weekly one-hour program hosted by Philippine National Police (PNP) Spokesperson C/Supt.

Leonardo Espina and Kathy San Gabriel.