MANILA, Philippines — A Manila court has ordered the arrest of former police official Eduardo Acierto and seven others indicted over the smuggling of billions worth of shabu last year. The case stemmed from the successive seizure in August last year of two abandoned magnetic lifters at the Port of Manila which contained 355 kilos of shabu worth P2.4 billion and of four other magnetic lifters at a warehouse in General Mariano Alvarez, Cavite believed to have been used to smuggle 1.6 tons of shabu worth P11 billion. Bernardita Santos has set no bail for the accused as drug importation charges are non-bailable under the law. Acierto recently surfaced at a press conference with select media outfits and linked President Duterte’s former adviser Michael Yang to the illegal drug trade in the country. The DOJ indicted Acierto and other accused in court after finding probable cause in the charges against them filed by the NBI.

Source: Philippine Star April 23, 2019 16:00 UTC