ILOILO CITY, Feb. 20 -- Philippine National Police Chief Gen. Benjamin Acorda Jr. has ordered a sustained campaign against illegal drugs in Western Visayas under the leadership of newly installed Police Regional Office 6 (PRO6) acting regional director Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky.

Acorda presided over the turnover of command from Brig. Gen. Sidney Villaflor to Wanky at Camp Martin Delgado here on Monday.

Villaflor was promoted to two-star general to head the Directorate for Human Resource and Doctrine Development at the national headquarters effective Feb. 14.

"There will be no let-up in our campaign against illegal drugs," Acorda said in an interview after the ceremony on Monday night.

Villaflor reported 1,630 operations during his stint, ...