MODULE NO.

4
OPERATIONAL
PROCEDURES ON
ILLEGAL DRUGS AND VICE
CONTROL
Presented By:
Anna Joy Q. Bautista
Eloisa Jane A. Aligato
Johnbert B. De Juan
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
AT THE END OF THE CHAPTER, YOU CAN:
1. Discuss the procedures involved in anti-drug operation and
investigation;
2. Describe how the anti-illegal gambling operations are carried out;
3. Enumerate the documentary requirements on filling cases involving
anti-illegal drugs and gambling operations; and
4. Apply the ordinances on smoking, alcohol use, and drunk driving that
are implemented by government by making slogan.
 OPERATIONAL
PROCEDURES ON
ILLEGAL DRUGS AND
VICE CONTROL
PROCEDURES IN ANTI-DRUG OPERATION
AND INVESTIGATION
The Buy Bust Operation
A “buy-bust operation” is an undercover operation
carried out by narcotics detectives to catch unsuspecting drug
dealers. An undercover operation is one that involves secret
work within a community or institution. To carry out the
buy-bust operation, the first step is to buy a sample
substance. This is done to determine whether the substance
being sold is a dangerous drug. Once the sample is procured
by an undercover agent it is immediately submitted to the
Crime lab for analysis.
Entrapment Operations
Entrapment charges often result from vice crimes, such
as those involving gambling, prostitution, and/or drugs.
Law enforcement officers have the right to pose as
Gambling bookies, prostitutes, drug dealers, or other
professional criminals to carry out the operation. Such
agents are not obliged to reveal their true identities or
legal affiliation when asked.
If an undercover officer presents drugs to a potential
buyer, for example, this is not considered entrapment.
Instead, the buyer of those drugs commits a crime only
when the deal is made, and not during the initial contact
with the undercover officer.
 Legally speaking, however, entrapment operations in drug
cases occur when a police officer or other government agent
deceives a person into committing a crime that he or she had no
intention of committing. In many jurisdictions, if a court
determines that the charges made against the defendant are based
on entrapment, he or she had no intention of committing. In many
jurisdictions, if a court determines that the charges made against
the defendant are based on entrapment, he or she cannot be
convicted of a crime. Therefore, criminal defense lawyers may
claim police entrapment as part of their strategy. Indeed, the laws
against this type of behavior by authorized agents are designed to
prevent law enforcement agencies from coercing a citizen into
committing a crime and then arresting him or her for the act
“committed”.
Team Composition
The composition of a team that will carry out the
entrapment may vary depending of the number of personnel
in the team. The team leader also chooses members based on
one experience, expertise, and aptitude with regard to the
operation to be carried out. Below is the ideal team
composition. (Directorate for Investigation and Detective
Management (DIDM), 2010).
1. Team Leader – This is the police officer, preferably a
PCO, who is responsible for leading a team in the conduct
of case build-up, raid, arrest, and subsequent
investigation, filing, and monitoring of a case.
2. Assistant Team Leader (Optional) – This is a police
officer who is responsible for assisting the Team Leader
and for assuming all the responsibilities in the absence of
the latter.
3. Poseur Buyer – This is a police officer who is tasked to
pretend to be a civilian buyer of dangerous drugs for the
purpose of effecting the arrest of the offender.
4. Arresting Officer - This is a police officer who is
responsible for the apprehension of the suspect/s.
5. Investigator-On – Case – This is a police officer who is
responsible for the investigation, gathering of evidence and the
preparation of documents for the purpose of initializing an
inquest or the direct filing of the case before the prosecutor’s
office.
6. Seizing/Inventory Officer – This is a police officer who is
assigned to seize and inventory evidence from arrested suspect/s.
7. Back-up Security -This is a police officer who is tasked to
provide security to the raiding team, in order to prevent and
control the entry and exit of all persons in the place of
operations.
8. Recorder – This is a police officer responsible for recording
the events/incidents that occurred during the anti-drug
operations.
MARKED
MONEY
 The money to be used in the buy-bust operation should be
duly marked or dusted with ultra-violet powder by officers from
the PNP Crime Laboratory. The marked money should be
properly photographed, reproduced, and/or recorded so that the
serial numbers and the person who released the money can be
tracked, along with the officer who received the same and
delivered it to the PNP Crime Laboratory for dusting. The officer
receiving the money shall then issue a receipt for the purpose.

All pieces of evidence are documented, photographed,

properly marked, and turned over to the evidence custodian. It is
also important to deliver the seized drug to the Crime Laboratory
for the issuance of the result that, in turn, will facilitate the
inquest.
ANTI-ILLEGAL
GAMBLING
OPERATIONS
Procedures on How to Conduct Anti-Illegal Gambling
Operations In conducting Anti-Illegal Gambling Operations,
the following procedures are observed.

1. Surveillance of the Anti-Illegal Gambling Operation

While conducting the surveillance, the team is tasked to
check the illegal activities of the suspected gambling
facilities. At the same time, they are to take pictures and
perform proper documentation as part of the evidence to be
filled as bases for the application of a search warrant.
2. Serving of the Search Warrant
The team handling the case should be in proper uniform with an
identified vehicle while serving the search warrant. The owner of the
establishment or gambling den should be properly informed of the contents
of the warrant. Next, the whole area is searching for evidence that may
support the allegations, such as money bets, playing cards, and gambling
paraphernalia. All persons involved in the said activity shall be arrested and
investigated. Then pictures and documentation must be taken as part of the
evidence.

3. Preparing the Documents at the Police Station

Such documents as pictures, booking sheets, and affidavits of the
arrested suspects involved in the illegal activities should be taken as proof of
the consummated anti-illegal gambling operations. These documents must
be endorsed to the issuing regional/Metropolitan Judge who has executed the
search warrant.
4. Returning the Search Warrant and Filing the Case in
the Prosecutors Office
The evidence and documents are then presented in the
office of the Honorable Judge. If the judge finds merit in
the warrant, the said case will be endorsed to the
prosecutor’s office and shall be filed as a criminal case.
Documentary Requirements on Filing Cases Involving Anti-Illegal Drug and Gambling
Operations
 Application for Search Warrant
 Endorsement to the Prosecutor
 Receipt/ Inventory of Property Seized
 Certification of Orderly Search
 Turn-Over of Confiscated/Seized Evidence
 Request For Laboratory Examination (Drug Cases Only)
 Result of the Laboratory Examination
 Joint Affidavit of Surveillance
 Joint Affidavit of Arrest
 Affidavit of Seizing Officer
 Chain of Custody Form (Drug Cases Only)
 Booking And Information Report (Suspect)
 Affidavit of Poseur-Buyer 9Drug cases Only)
 Receipt/Inventory of Property Seized
 Turn-Over of Confiscated/Seized Evidence
 Turn-Over of Custody (Suspect)
 Summary of Information
 After Surveillance Report
 Contact Meeting Report
IMPLEMENTATION
OF ORDINANCES
Ordinances on Smoking
The chances of second-hand smoke for non-smokers are minimized
by virtue of land transportation Ordinance No. 2009-036, which prohibits
smoking on public utility vehicles and public transportation terminals.
This ordinance is implemented with the cooperation of related agencies,
such as the Philippine National Police, The Local Government Units
(City and Municipal Mayors and Provincial Governors of their respective
areas), and the Metro Manila Development Administration.
Offenders are apprehended by these agencies and a violation ticket
shall be part of this sanction. The offenders must pay a fine at the
designated banks. Some provincial offices, such as the Province of
Nueva Viscaya in Region 2 and Davao City, have a similar campaign
against smoking. In these places, incentives are given to the greatest
number of tickets issued, and the issuing officers are given awards at the
end of the year-end gatherings.
Liquor Ban
In the Philippines, the liquor Ban is strongly implemented on
the following occasions:

1. Minors aged 18 years old and below are not allowed to buy
alcoholic drinks in convenience stores and supermarkets.
2. Drinking of alcoholic drinks is strictly prohibited in all
government offices during office hours.
3. Alcoholic drinks cannot be sold a full 24 hours before and
after the Local and National Elections (Omnibus Election
Code).
Drunk Driving
Drunk driving has led to many vehicular accidents resulting in the
loss of lives and properties of innocent victims and the drunk driver
themselves. The penalty for vehicular accidents resulting in damaged
property and lost lives (legally known as “reckless imprudence
resulting to damage property” or reckless imprudence resulting to
homicide”) is elevated to the maximum penalty due to drunk driving.
Several tests can be used to confirm the drunken state of the
offending driver. One of these tests is simply done on the spot in the
field., wherein the traffic officer may request the suspected drunk
driver to lift his/her left hand sideways and balance his/her entire
weight on one foot.
 Another test is done by using a breath analyzer. Here, the
traffic officer may request the suspected drunk driver to exhale
and breathe into the device, which will immediately show the
presence of alcohol in the offending driver’s breath. Finally, the
more scientific way is by determining one’s blood alcohol level.
In this method, 5 ml of blood is extracted and subjected to head-
space gas chromatography with mass spectrometry. This
machine can determine the percentage of alcohol present in the
blood. The presence of more than 5% percent alcohol in the
blood can prove the allegation of drunk driving.
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YOU!!!