New PDEA-7 chief vows to go after big-time drug lords

Newly appointed PDEA-7 chief Yogi Filemon Ruiz shows the folder that contains the list of the top drug personalities in Cebu and other parts of Central Visayas. (CDN PHOTO/ADOR VINCENT S. MAYOL)

Newly appointed PDEA-7 chief Yogi Filemon Ruiz shows the folder that contains the list of the top drug personalities in Cebu and other parts of Central Visayas. (CDN PHOTO/ADOR VINCENT S. MAYOL)

The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency has appointed Yogi Filemon Ruiz as its new director in Central Visayas (PDEA-7).

The Cebu City native assumed his post on Thursday and vowed to go after the big-time drug lords.

“I have the list of their names, and I assure I’ll look for them one after the other,” he said.

“I’m a Cebuano and I won’t do anything to put you to shame. Just give me a chance to prove myself. Wait and see,” he added.

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