Cops accost 4 hauler trucks loaded with toxic wastes
By Jason Faustino 11/07/2010MONTALBAN, Rizal — Four hauler trucks containing waste materials at the vicinity of Barangay Macabud here were accosted by Montalban policemen.
Montalban Police Chief P/Supt Rommel C. Estolano said the suspects failed to present any document to justify their presence in the area despite the existing municipal and provincial ordinances prohibiting the passage or entry of all tankers or garbage trucks containing toxic or hazardous wastes to Montalban, Rizal.
Arrested by police authorities are the four truck drivers and their eight helpers, respectively.
The suspects are from Bataan, Laguna, cities of Makati, Manila, Taguig and Caloocan.
A certain Jimmy Baltazar, a resident of Barangay Maly, San Mateo, Rizal, who is at large and considered an accessory to the crime, is being pursued by authorities.
Initial investigation showed that the truck haulers were carrying hazardous or toxic waste materials that originated from Tanduay Distillers, Ltd. plant based in Cabuyao, Laguna. The trucks’ destination was the sanitary landfill in Sitio Tiakod, San Mateo, Norzagaray, Bulacan..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20101107nat4.html
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