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BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO
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ILOILO – This province’s fugitive top drug suspect, Ernesto Bolivar of Pototan town, has been recruiting new personalities to work for him and these people are unfamiliar to the police, according to Senior Superintendent Marlon Tayaba, director of the Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO).
“Bolivar remains active in illegal drug trading. He has lots of down lines but some were arrested so he is using new personalities. We have some names of his new men,” said Tayaba.
Bolivar, a 41-year-old resident of Barangay Guinacas, Pototan, was named a top drug personality following the death of drug lord Richard Prevendido in September last year.
He was charged in Criminal Case No. 17-8454 for violation of Section 5, Article II of Republic Act 9165 (Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002).
Bolivar was very mobile so policemen were having a hard time tracking him down, said Tayaba.
The suspect’s areas of operation were the provinces of Iloilo and Capiz, and even Iloilo City, he added.
Citing intelligence reports, Tayaba said Bolivar left Iloilo for Metro Manila but returned to spend Christmas in the province.
“Palipat-lipat siya. Masyadong mobile. We are appealing to the public to inform us if ever makita nila. Malaki ang role ng community sa paghabol natin kay Bolivar,” said Tayaba.
Bolivar was subjected to a buy-bust operation at his house in Barangay Guinacas on Nov. 9, 2016. He managed to flee but operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, the Police Regional Office 6’s Regional Anti-Illegal Drugs Special Operations Task Group Focus Team 6, and Pototan police recovered a large plastic sachet of shabu.
Chief Superintendent Cesar Hawtorne Binag, regional police director, described Bolivar as Prevendido’s “right-hand man.”
Prevendo and son Jason died in a shootout with policemen on Sept. 1, 2017 in Barangay Balabago, Jaro, Iloilo City./PN
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