Faeldon's son arrested in raid on suspected drug den in Naga City

Authorities on Friday arrested the son of Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) director Nicanor Faeldon Sr. during a raid in a suspected drug den in Naga City, according to Jonathan Andal's report on Dobol B sa News TV.

Citing Naga City Police spokesperson SPO2 Toby Bongon, the report said armed with a search warrant, the police conducted the raid at 5 a.m. in a house in Barangay Mabolo.

Based on the police report from Naga City police, those arrested were identified as Nicanor Faeldon Jr., Russel Lanuzo Bermudo alias Bubbles, Allan Valdez and Manuel Nebres.

The same police report stated that among those recovered from the suspects were seven sachets of suspected shabu.

Bongon said the younger Faeldon will undergo drug test as he was not caught in the act of using the illegal drug. 

The suspects are facing charges for violation of Republic Act 9165.

Interviewed on ANC, the elder Faeldon, a former Marine captain, said he will resign from his post and kill his son if the latter will be proven guilty of being involved in the illegal drug trade.

"What I can assure everybody is if my son is involved in any way, kahit user lang, I will resign immediately and hunt him down. Ako na ang paparusa diyan. I would kill that idiot kung involved siya," he said.

In a statement released by his legal team, Faeldon Sr. has stronger words for his son: "In any event, if the police investigation will show that my son, Nicanor Jr., is indeed a drug pusher and therefore a menace to society, then there will be no need to prosecute or to jail him."

"I will personally obliterate him from the face of the earth," he said.

Faeldon Sr. resigned from the Bureau of Customs last year following the controversy over the smuggling of P6.4-billion worth of shabu from China. —with Llanesca T. Panti/KBK, GMA News