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DOJ reopens probe of Pampanga drug recycling case

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A Senate exposé implicating retiring PNP chief Oscar Albayalde prompts Guevarra not just to expedite the review of the case junked in 2017, but to reopen it altogether.

DRUG RECYCLING. Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra sits beside former CIDG chief Benjamin Magalong during a Senate investigation October 1, 2019, on the alleged recycling of drugs by a team of Pampanga policemen. Photo by Angie de Silva/Rappler

"In the light of new evidence unfolding, and in the interest of justice, the DOJ will reopen the case and will create a new panel of state prosecutors to conduct the reinvestigation," Guevarra told reporters in a message on Sunday.What happened before Intelligence information reached Camp Crame that Pampanga cops supposedly started buying their own SUVs, prompting an investigation by the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group led by then retired general Benjamin Magalong.

Following DOJ rules, the case went on automatic review, which shall be resolved by the justice secretary.

 

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