LGUs should clear cockpits of drug trade

The local government units should likewise be responsible in eradicating the use of cockpit arenas as venue for drug trade, House leaders said Friday.

Representatives Teddy Baguilat of Ifugao province, Romero Quimbo of Marikina City, Elpidio Barzaga of Dasmariñas City and Romeo Acop of Antipolo City expressed such sentiments in light of the disclosure of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) that it is probing drug deals transpiring in cockpit arenas because drug traffickers are into cockfighting.