Criminal complaints filed over alleged P11-billion smuggled shabu
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency filed criminal complaints against more than 40 individuals over the alleged P11-billion worth of shabu that slipped past the Bureau of Customs last August.
Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency chief Aaron Aquino led the filing of the complaint at the Department of Justice on Thursday morning.
More than 40 individuals, including former PDEA deputy director general for administration Ismael Fajardo Jr. and former Senior Superintendent Eduardo Acierto, are facing complaint for violation of conspiracy to commit drug importation under the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
Also named as principals in the complaint are former Customs intelligence agent Jimmy Guban, police inspector Lito Pirote and Joseph Dimayuga.
Guban has been admitted to the DOJ's Witness Protection Program.
Former Customs chief and current head of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority chief Ismael Lapeña is not included in the complaint. Aquino said that the PDEA has not found evidence linking Lapeña to the case.
Others named in the complaint are:
- Chan Yee Wah
- Emily Daprosa Luquingan
- Vedastro Cabral Baraquel Jr.
- Maria Lagrimas Abelgas Catipan
- Alex B. Padlan
- Zhauq Quan/Zhang Quan
- Gorgonio V. Necessario
- Myra C. Tan
- Terence L. Uytingban
- Avelino S. Tendera
Also named as respondents, believed to have involvement in the magnetic lifters found in Cavite, are the following:
- He Zhong Consultancy Co. Inc. (Nonito Estorninos Jr., Li Jie)
- Red Day Machinery Parts Corporation (Ramon Tuyay, John Leric Olavario, Maribeth Olavario, Minerva Verso, and Chung-Chun Hsu) - 22
- Yida Equipment Crane Limited Company (Le Thi Thuy, Luu Thi Thu Huong, Kan Yi Hong)
- Dong Trieu Trading and Import/Export Service Trading Company Limited (Du Quoc Duong; Chen Wei Cheng, Ping Cheung Fung, Roy Wang, John Doe, Leynard Doe)
- All Systems Logistic Inc. (Roy Baldon)
- SMYD Trading (Marina De la Cruz Signapan, Alexander Dames, Katrina Cuasay, Miguella Santos, as real owner)
- Atty. Zsae Carrie De Guzman, Head, X-Ray Inspection Project
- Benjamin Cajucom, Shift Supervisor, X-Ray Inspection Project
- Manuel Martinez, Operator, X-Ray Inspection Project
- Dolores Domingo, Appraiser
- Chinese No.2 alias Zhou Quan
- Chinese No.3 Chen Wei Cheng
- Chinese No.4 alias Cory Yibos
- Chinese No. 6 alias Francis Doe
- Chinese No. 12 alias Glenn Doe
- Eric Doe
- Bong Doe
The PDEA, in a media release, said that the case stemmed from legislative probes of the House of Representatives and Senate Blue Ribbon Committee where the names were revealed.
In the 38-page complaint filed by the PDEA, the agency said that according to the testimonies, “the scheme and the participation of Guban, Acierto, [Fajardo] and Pirote, among others, as well as their knowledge of the nature of the importation, have been clearly demonstrated beyond reproach.”
The illegal drugs weighing more than 1,600 kilos were believed to be concealed in four magnetic lifters discovered in a warehouse in General Maria Alvarez, Cavite.
The STAR earlier quoted Aquino as saying that the PDEA complaint is different from one that would be filed by the National Bureau of Investigation, at a later time.
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