Adrian Alvaro, PDEA Northern Mindanao chief, told reporters that the former mayor heads the Abinal drug ring, described as the biggest supplier of shabu in the regions of Southern Mindanao, Northern Mindanao, Caraga, Central Mindanao and the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). “They (Abinal drug group) are dealing drugs in bulk,” Alvaro said. If not, sorry, but their family will be spared the funeral expenses,” he said. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Northern Mindanao considered the arrest of former Maguing town mayor Johaira Abinal as one of its major accomplishments in the antidrug campaign of President Rodrigo Duterte. “Their family will be spared the funeral expenses,” he said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 23, 2016 16:30 UTC