Guevarra: No takers yet of P500K reward for Peter Lim Info
Published Oct 19, 2018 02:24 pm
By Jeffrey Damicog
After over a month, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra admitted no one has snapped up the P500,000 reward offered for information which will lead to the capture of fugitive suspected drug lord Peter Lim.
New Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra during his appointment confirmation at the Senate building in Pasay City, May 30,2018.(Czar Dancel / MANILA BULLETIN)
Despite this, Guevarra expressed confidence that law enforcement agencies will catch the elusive Cebu-based businessman.
“I'm not dismayed. He can't go on hiding forever. Lilitaw at mahuhuli rin yan (He will have to surface and he will be captured),” the secretary said.
Acting Presiding Judge Gina Bibat-Palamos of the Makati City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 65 has already issued an arrest warrant against Lim on August 14 and, then, a hold departure order (HDO) on August 17 which would prevent him from leaving the country.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) offered the P500,000 reward on Sept. 14 due to elusiveness of Lim.
“Either magaling magtago or takot ang mga tao sa kanya (It’s either Lim is good at hiding or people are just afraid of him,” the DOJ chief noted.
On August 10, the DOJ filed against Lim before the Makati RTC two counts of the nonbailable offense of conspiracy to commit illegal drug trade in violation of Section 26(b) in relation to Section 5, Article II of Republic Act 9165, the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
Aside from Lim, those who have been named as his co-accused are self-confessed drug lord Rolan “Kerwin” Espinosa, Espinosa’s associate Marcelo Adroco, and Ruel Malindangan.
Both Espinosa and Adorco are in government custody, while, Malindangan is at large and also the subject of an arrest warrant issued by the Makati RTC.
Aside from the two charges, on July 25, state prosecutors filed charges against Espinosa, Adorco, and Malindagan, arrested alleged drug supplier Lovely Impal, and convicted drug lord Peter Co after probable cause was found by the DOJ to indict them based on the complaint of the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG).
The charges filed on July 25 are two counts of conspiracy to commit illegal drug trade at the Manila RTC and one other count of the same violation at the Makati RTC.
New Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra during his appointment confirmation at the Senate building in Pasay City, May 30,2018.(Czar Dancel / MANILA BULLETIN)
Despite this, Guevarra expressed confidence that law enforcement agencies will catch the elusive Cebu-based businessman.
“I'm not dismayed. He can't go on hiding forever. Lilitaw at mahuhuli rin yan (He will have to surface and he will be captured),” the secretary said.
Acting Presiding Judge Gina Bibat-Palamos of the Makati City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 65 has already issued an arrest warrant against Lim on August 14 and, then, a hold departure order (HDO) on August 17 which would prevent him from leaving the country.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) offered the P500,000 reward on Sept. 14 due to elusiveness of Lim.
“Either magaling magtago or takot ang mga tao sa kanya (It’s either Lim is good at hiding or people are just afraid of him,” the DOJ chief noted.
On August 10, the DOJ filed against Lim before the Makati RTC two counts of the nonbailable offense of conspiracy to commit illegal drug trade in violation of Section 26(b) in relation to Section 5, Article II of Republic Act 9165, the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
Aside from Lim, those who have been named as his co-accused are self-confessed drug lord Rolan “Kerwin” Espinosa, Espinosa’s associate Marcelo Adroco, and Ruel Malindangan.
Both Espinosa and Adorco are in government custody, while, Malindangan is at large and also the subject of an arrest warrant issued by the Makati RTC.
Aside from the two charges, on July 25, state prosecutors filed charges against Espinosa, Adorco, and Malindagan, arrested alleged drug supplier Lovely Impal, and convicted drug lord Peter Co after probable cause was found by the DOJ to indict them based on the complaint of the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG).
The charges filed on July 25 are two counts of conspiracy to commit illegal drug trade at the Manila RTC and one other count of the same violation at the Makati RTC.