MANILA — Philippine National Police Director General Ronald Dela Rosa said on Wednesday that he wanted to investigate Albuera police chief Jovie Espenido for allegedly protecting drug operators. Speaking at the Senate hearing into the Nov. 5 police killing of Albuera Mayor Roland Espinosa Sr., in a Leyte jail, Dela Rosa said he “received information that Espenido accepted” drug money. Dela Rosa also said that police have tracked Lovely Adam Impal, whom Kerwin Espinosa identified as his drug supplier while he was in jail in Cebu and Ormoc. ADVERTISEMENTImpal has been “located” and that she is alive, according to Dela Rosa. Hasher Dolina, whom Espinosa identified as having received P6 million in drug money, De la Rosa said he has been placed on floating status and has been made to face a case.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer November 23, 2016 11:27 UTC