The Philippine National Police said that they are now probing the claims of President Rodrigo Duterte that a presidential aspirant is involved in illegal drugs for cocaine use.
PNP chief Dionardo Carlos said that he has tasked its anti-narcotics units to start a probe on the matter.
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“At the end of the day, may privilege, presidential information ‘yan. Ang effort namin is to be able to validate. After validation makita natin kung this can be a subject of an operation and then kung validated ‘yan tinitingnan natin,” Carlos said.
The PNP adds that they are now coordinating with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency to investigate Duterte’s claims.
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“There’s even a presidential candidate na nag-cocaine… May kandidato tayo na nagko-cocaine ‘yan, mga anak ng mayaman,” Duterte said. (TDT)
