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Two Customs officials retire
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Posted on Dec 16 2005
Two Customs Services officials have retired from government service, adding to the list of officials who have availed of the government’s retirement program.
Freddie Guajardo, Detective Dog Program manager, and Lt. Norman Manalo retired from government service after 20 years of service.
Gov. Juan N. Babauta’s special assistants Tom Tebuteb and Frank Taitano and Customs director Jay Santos yesterday presented Guajardo and Manalo with plaques of recognition for their services at the Customs Services Division.
“What you have contributed has already been engraved,” Taitano said. Santos said the CNMI’s Detective Dog Training Center has become the leader in the Pacific region, providing training to law enforcers from different territories of the Pacific region.
The retirees thanked the government for the recognition. Guajardo said the Detective Dog Program, which was developed with the assistance of the U.S. Department of Interior and the Australian Customs Services, has been responsible for the seizure of millions of dollars in illegal drugs such as methamphetamine hydrochloride.
Guajardo also said the program conducted drug awareness presentations in CNMI schools to curb the proliferation of illegal drugs among the youth.
Meanwhile, the Customs Services Division also gave out plaques to Perry Iguel and Donnie Fejeran, who recently graduated from a 14-week training to become certified instructors for the Detective Dog Program.
With the inclusion of the two new graduates, the program now has a senior instructor and three instructors for its training center.
