Indict Faeldon, 37 others for shabu smuggling, DOJ told

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MANILA – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) recommended to the Justice department the indictment of former Customs commissioner Nicanor Faeldon and 37 others for the smuggling of P6.4-billion shabu from China.

“The respondents undeniably violated RA 9165 when the illegal drugs slipped past through the Bureau of Customs either through corrupt [means] or out of sheer incompetence,” the PDEA said in a nine-page document.

RA (Republic Act) 9165 is the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.

“This fact is too glaring to require much underscoring and emphasis, and every single individual who processed the importation and subsequent release of the dangerous drugs, regardless of their intent, are equally liable for the importation thereof,” the PDEA said.

“The PDEA will no longer belabor to discuss anymore each and every point raised by the respondents as the issue has already been exhaustedly threshed out by both houses of Congress,” said the agency.

Also ordered charged were former Customs officials Milo Maestrecampo, Neil Anthony Estrella, Joel Pinawin, Jelina Maree Magsuci, Oliver Valiente, Vincent Philip Maronilla, Alexandra Ventura, Randolph Cabansang, Dennis Maniego, Dennis Cabildo, and John Edillor.

Customs importers, brokers, and warehouse owners Chen Ju Long (alias Richard Chen or Richard Tan), Chen Rong Huan, Genelita Arayan, Dennis Nocom, Zhang Hong, Rene Palle, Richard Rebistual, Mary Rose dela Cruz, Li Guang Feng (alias Manny Li), Don Yi Shan Xi (alias Kenneth Dong), Mark Ruben Taguba II, Teejay Apostol Marcellana, Eirene Mae Tatad, Emily Anoche Dee, Chen I-Min, Jhu Ming Jyun, John Doe, Jane Doe, and Richard Doe were facing charges of importing and selling illegal drugs.

The drug shipment arrived at the Manila port on May 17 and released by the Customs on May 23 to Hongfei Logistics, Inc.’s warehouse in Valenzuela City./PN
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