PDEA raps police officer

A police officer is in hot water for allegedly meddling in an operation by agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in a KTV bar reportedly owned by an arrested "drug lord" in Bacolod City last month.

PDEA director Anselmo Avenido said they have called the attention of Philippine National Police chief Director General Hermogenes Ebdane Jr. on the alleged meddling of Superintendent Demothenes Fernandez.

Interior and Local Government Secretary Jose Lina has also asked Ebdane to investigate the case.

Avenido said suspected drug lord Jose Kim Cuadra, who was arrested last April 22, reportedly owned the bar. Cuadra and two suspected henchmen were nabbed while about to board a chartered plane in Caticlan, Aklan. No bail was recommended for him. — Christina Mendez