Manila, Feb. 18 -- The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) is pursuing new drug personalities amid intensified operations that resulted in the recovery of PHP1.75-million shabu in the past week.

In a press conference on Wednesday, BCPO chief Col. Eugene Rebadomia said, as declared by his predecessors, there is no longer any active drug group operating in the city.

"We can see in the reports that those who have been arrested are new drug personalities. The remnants, the prominent drug personalities who exist in Bacolod are no longer around. All those identified are new ones and are not even residents of Bacolod," he added.

Rebadomia said he directed the City Drug Enforcement Unit, now headed by Lt. Col. Albert Sy, to continue the intensif...