Senate panel report on ninja cops controversy done next week —Gordon

The committee report on the alleged recycling of seized illegal drugs by rogue cops will be finished by the panel next week, Senator Richard Gordon said on Saturday.

Speaking at the "In Focus" news forum in Quezon City on Saturday, Gordon said he has finished hearing the controversy involving the alleged recycling of illegal drugs seized by police officers during a drug raid in Pampanga in 2013.

"Tapos na ako. Ginagawa na namin ang report as we speak. Baka [next] week matapos. Titignan saan nagkulang, saan sumobra. Then we will come out with a report," the senator said.

The chairman of the Senate blue ribbon committee said his panel's report will reveal who are those to be held criminally and administratively liable.

"Makikita talaga na 'yung paparusahan ay paparusahan," Gordon said.

The Senate panel's hearing on the Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA) law has branched out to the issue of drug recycling and "ninja cops." During the hearings,  Philippine National Police chief Police General Oscar Albayalde was accused of intervening in the implementation of a dismissal order against the 13 police officers involved in the allegedly anomalous drug operation by the Pampanga police in November 2013.

Albayalde was the chief of Pampanga Police when the anomalous raid took place.

The 13 police officers allegedly let suspected drug lord Johnson Lee flee in exchange for P50 million while most of the 200 kilos of shabu confiscated during the operation were not declared and presumed to have been sold back to the drug market.

Gordon said the Senate's investigation will be suspended for the meantime as the chamber awaits the response from the South Korean government regarding its request to bring back to the country the suspected drug lord involved in the 2013 Pampanga drug raid. —KG, GMA News