The House dangerous drugs panel will probe police assets or informants and PDEA agents who allegedly secure portions of confiscated illegal drugs in order to sell them, committee chairperson Surigao del Norte Representative Robert Ace Barbers said.
Surigao Del Norte Representative Robert Ace Barbers on Wednesday, February 22, 2023 says the House Committee on Dangerous Drugs will conduct an investigation into the practice of giving police and PDEA assets a portion of confiscated drugs for selling. Tina Panganiban-Perez/File photo
Barbers said such a scheme was revealed by PDEA Director General Moro Virgilio Lazo during Tuesday’s public hearing on proposed bills seeking to strengthen the 2002 Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act, among other related laws. “We were shocked to hear it and the majority of our committee approved that we should conduct a motu proprio investigation in aid of legislation on this problem of [civilian] asset demanding that the portion of confiscated drugs be given back to them [for selling],” Barbers said.
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