03/06/2026
๐ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฆ-๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ , ๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ-๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐; ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐น๐ฎ๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ธ๐ถ๐น๐น-๐๐ฒ๐
Koronadal City | The Ministry of Public Order and Safety (MPOS), through its Law Enforcement Coordination Division (LECD), partners with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) of BARMM and Region XII to conduct a three-day Narcotics Investigation and Prosecution Management Seminar-Workshop in Koronadal City from June 2 to 4, 2026. The activity brings together key law enforcement personnel from Lanao del Sur and partner agencies to strengthen anti-illegal drug operations and enhance prosecution efforts in the region.
The seminar-workshop aimed to address challenges in handling drug cases, particularly issues that have led to case dismissals due to procedural lapses. It also sought to strengthen inter-agency collaboration, improve investigative techniques, and standardize processes in the enforcement of anti-drug laws.
MPOS LECD Chief Bhenhar Ayob emphasized that the seminar-workshop forms part of the Ministryโs ongoing efforts to strengthen inter-agency coordination, improve the competencies of law enforcers, and enhance their capacity to build stronger cases that can withstand judicial scrutiny. He further encouraged participants to remain united and actively engaged, emphasizing that sustained collaboration and professional competence are essential in advancing the regionโs efforts to reduce and ultimately eradicate the illegal drug problem.
Participants included representatives from various Municipal Police Stations and the City Police Station of Lanao del Sur (PRO-BAR), as well as personnel from the Philippine Coast Guard Station-LDS, Special Action Force (SAF) (PRO-BAR), Regional Drug Enforcement Unit (RDEU) (PRO-BAR), Regional Investigation and Detective Management Division (RIDMD), Philippine Army-LDS, PNP Drug Enforcement Unit (PDEU) (PRO-BAR), and Provincial Mobile Force Companies (PMFCs) (PRO-BAR).
The training aims to strengthen coordination, improve skills, and enhance the capacity of law enforcers to build stronger cases and reduce dismissals. He encouraged unity and active participation, stressing that through sustained collaboration and improved competence, the region can gradually move from reducing drug supply toward eventual eradication.
PDEA -BARMM Director Edgar Jubay emphasized that the fight against illegal drugs requires professionalism, strong investigative skills, and close coordination between law enforcement and prosecutors to ensure cases lead to successful convictions. He highlighted the importance of the seminar as a platform for learning, collaboration, and improving case management, saying, โ๐๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐จ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฌ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐ค๐ณ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ณ-๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต. ๐๐ต ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฏ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐จ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐จ๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ถ๐ช๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฆ.โ
Through lectures, workshops, and practical exercises facilitated by PDEA-BARMM and PDEA-Region 12, participants were provided with updated legal knowledge and best practices in narcotics investigation and prosecution. The activity enhanced their competencies in conducting narcotics investigations, handling evidence, and pursuing drug-related cases, with particular emphasis on the proper application of the chain of custody rule, a critical procedure that safeguards the integrity and admissibility of drug evidence in court.
PLTCOL Erickson A. Baniaga Assistant Chief of the Regional Investigation and Detective Management Division (RIDMD) of PRO-BAR affirmed his officeโs support for continuous capability-building, peacebuilding efforts, and initiatives against illegal drugs, highlighting the importance of cooperation in maintaining peace and public safety in BARMM.
Implemented under the MPOS CLEAR Program, this activity reflects the Bangsamoro Governmentโs ongoing commitment to strengthening coordination and building the capacity of law enforcement agencies. It contributes to the promotion of public safety, adherence to the rule of law, enhanced professionalism and collaboration, and the development of a more effective and cohesive law enforcement system.
