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National Bureau of Investigation (2) The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) had foiled the escape attempt of alleged drug lord Rolan “Kerwin” E. Espinosa and two other detainees from its detention facility in Manila. “In view of this incident, security measures at the jail have since b
National Bureau of Investigation, Manila(File photo) MANILA - Unlike the three inmates who managed to escape from the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa on Monday, three high-profile drug convicts at the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) detention facility in Manila were not as successful. In a statement on Monday, NBI Officer-in-Charge, Director Eric Distor, said the timely action of his men prevented confessed drug lord Kerwin Espinosa and two others from bolting detention through the hole of a ceiling exhaust fan. The NBI Security and Management Section received information on January 13...
The ceiling exhaust fan hole which threeNational Bureau of Investigation detainees planned to use to escape(Photocourtesy of NBI) MANILA - Unlike the three inmates who managed to escape from the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa on Monday, three high-profile drug convicts at the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) detention facility in Manila were not as successful. In a statement on Monday, NBI Officer-in-Charge, Director Eric Distor, said the timely action of his men prevented confessed drug lord Kerwin Espinosa and two others from bolting detention through the hole of a ceiling exhaust fa...
Detained Senator Leila de Lima on Sunday, Jan. 2, said the Department of Justice (DOJ) should be flexing the long arm of the law on real criminals and not on members of the political opposition like her. De Lima made the remark after the recent dismissal of a drug trafficking case against Kerwin
Kerwin Espinosa (left) and Peter Co (right). MANILA - A Makati court has dropped the drug charges against members of the so-called Espinosa drug cartel, including Rolan "Kerwin" Espinosa, and Wu Tuan Yuan a.k.a. Peter Co. In a 13-page order dated December 17, Makati Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 64 Judge Gina M. Bibat-Palamos dismissed the charges "for failure of the prosecution to adduce evidence to overturn the presumption of innocence enjoyed by the herein accused." The court ruling granted the demurrers to evidence filed in July by Kerwin, Co, witness Marcelo L. Ado...