THE regional police command said it is authenticating an inter-agency intelligence report that 18 Central Luzon officials have links to drug syndicates.

Chief Supt. Aaron Aquino, regional police director, told The Manila Times that the report has named mayors and vice mayors, saying their goal to render the entire region drug-free under Oplan Tokhang is far from being met as of November or two months before it ends in January 2017.

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