Police Lieutenant Colonel Clark Arriola, Cebu City Police Office traffic group head, said that these motorists were immediately flagged by the security team manning the street entrances to the Carbon Public Market.
Arriola said that they stopped the vehicles and told them about the no private vehicles allowed in Carbon Market area rule which would be implemented starting Monday, March 22, until April 3, a Saturday.“Siguro dili sila aware nga bawal, so gibadlong sa atong mga personnel karon. Mu sanong ra man pud sila,” said Arriola.The composite team is made up of policemen from Carbon Police Station, personnel from the Market Operations Division of Cebu City, and volunteers from Task Force Kasaligan.
He also said that he would meet with the composite teams to discuss the first day implementation and if there would be a need to improve the security in the market.Last March 12, CCPO Deputy Director Wilbert Parilla announced that they would be opening three entrance and exit points for the market-going public. This was a way to control the crowd going to the market.
On March 17, the no entry of private vehicles in Carbon Market rule was announced as part of the security preparations and crowd control for the marketgoers during the Lenten season.of the streets of Kawit, El Filibusterismo, Calderon, Plaridel, and F. Gonzales, while vehicles trying to access the Carbon Public Market will be rerouted to Escaño Street near Magallanes Street, and exit through M.C. Briones Street towards the Senior Citizens Park.
Police Colonel Josefino Ligan, CCPO chief, previously said that this was also to avoid the overcrowding that happened last year when people flocked to the market to buy ingredients for binignit.