Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez stressed that the investigation being conducted against police officials allegedly involved in an attempted cover-up of the 990 kilograms of shabu worth P6.7B seized in 2022 “must be swift and thorough.” | zacariansINQ
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were found to have committed criminal and administrative liabilities for the alleged cover-up and pilfering of 990 kilograms of shabu worth P6.7 billion in 2022.“The investigation into these allegations must be swift and thorough. Let the axe fall where it must because police involvement in this alleged cover-up, especially anti-drug operatives, cannot and should not be tolerated,” Romualdez said in a statement.
He expressed disappointment over the involvement of members of the PNP-PDEG, who said were supposed to be “the very same people tasked to go after peddlers of illegal drugs,” urging PNP chief Gen. Rodolfo Azurin Jr. to address the matter.
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