A Regional Trial Court (RTC) judge has ordered the release of a Red-tagged “sari-sari” store owner whose house was raided last year by police who submitted inadmissible evidence and used “deliberate falsehood” in applying for a search warrant. Asinas was arrested on April 16, 2020, after police claimed to have seized firearms in his home on the strength of a search warrant issued by Sta. But Asinas is “very scared” and his family “traumatized” by his experience, Conti said in a phone interview on Thursday. Inconsistencies, falsehoodJudge Santiago found major inconsistencies and even “deliberate falsehood” in the police’s warrant application and their testimonies, and ruled that the warrant itself as well as the evidence, was inadmissible. “Therefore,” she added, “this court is compelled to quash Search Warrant No.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 20, 2021 21:33 UTC