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Police chiefs’ conference ends
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Posted on Aug 10 2008
The 6th Annual Police Executives Association Conference went off without a hitch, CNMI Ports Police chief Pius Helgen said.
“It went very, very well and very smoothly,” Helgen said. In fact, they made a resolution congratulating and thinking the CNMI for being “a wonderful host.”
Helgen said the conference was created to better ensure the safety and security of the community by comparing the different islands of Micronesia, he said.
Some of the topics covered during the three-day conference were human trafficking, U.S. military buildup, regional drug trends and status reports.
Gov. Benigno R. Fitial gave a welcome remark on the first day.
Helgen said Guam was chosen as next year’s host site. The date has not yet been set.
During Wednesday’s portion of the conference, DEA special agent Dan Holcolm said that over the past 10 years there has been a steady increase in “ice” trafficking throughout Micronesia—especially in the CNMI and Guam.
“Predominantly most of the ‘ice’ that we’ve seen in this area, CNMI, is coming from mainland China,” Holcom said.
However, he noted, Guam and some other areas throughout Micronesia have “ice” being smuggled from the U.S. mainland, the Philippines, Taiwan and Hawaii.
He said the prices of “ice” range from $200 to $400 a gram in Hawaii; $350 to $450 a gram in the CNMI, and $500 to $650 a gram in Guam.
