MANILA – The Philippine National Police (PNP) said self-proclaimed “Bikoy” Peter Joemel Advincula was nothing short of an “information peddler” with two law enforcement agencies victimized by his illegal activities.
PNP chief General Oscar Albayalde said authorities encountered Advincula before as a potential informant, but he allegedly ditched law enforcers after he was paid, or provided false information.
“It’s not just one agency who went to him. He asked for money, but he bailed when he was paid. Then there’s another agency that paid him but what he said was false,” Albayalde said.
Advincula on Monday introduced himself as “Bikoy,” who claimed drug money was funneled into the bank accounts of President Rodrigo Duterte’s son former Davao City vice mayor Paolo Duterte, son-in-law Manases Carpio, and former aide Christopher Go.
Advincula, who was slapped with charges of large scale estafa and illegal recruitment, claimed he personally scanned the dragon tattoos on Go and Paolo’s backs to determine their “tara” from Hong Kong-based syndicate.
Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III on Wednesday revealed Advincula tried to make the same allegations against former president Benigno Aquino III and several allies back in 2016.
Meanwhile, the Department of Justice (DOJ) planned to include Advincula in the inciting to sedition case filed against webpage developer Rodel Jayme if he will not file a case against the personalities he linked to illegal drug trade.
“Should he fails to do so, the DOJ will consider his possible inclusion in Rodel Jayme’s inciting to sedition case or indictment for other criminal charges after proper investigation,” said DOJ secretary Menardo Guevarra. /PN
