Gov't prosecutors ask courts to transfer Kerwin Espinosa to regular jail

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State prosecutors have already asked courts to transfer to a regular jail self-confessed drug dealer Kerwin Espinosa who was recently removed from the Witness Protection Program (WPP).

Drug persona Kerwin Espinosa at Philippine Nationwide Police headquarters in Camp Crame, Quezon Metropolis, on this file picture taken on November 18, 2016, after his arrest in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) final Oct. 17. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO / NINO JESUS ORBETA

MANILA, Philippines—State prosecutors have already requested courts to switch to an everyday jail self-confessed drug vendor Kerwin Espinosa who was not too long ago faraway from the Witness Safety Program (WPP).

“We filed a movement to switch him to common jail and sure, we won’t make the most of him [as a witness],” Prosecutor Common Benedicto Malcontento advised reporters Friday.

He confirmed that Espinosa was faraway from the WPP upon the Nationwide Bureau of Investigation (NBI) suggestion who at the moment has his custody.

The NBI, in a letter to the WPP really useful that Espinosa be faraway from WPP resulting from a number of infractions except for his try to flee.

READ: Drug lord Espinosa tried to flee by means of an air vent at detention facility – NBI

Final month, the WPP granted NBI’s suggestion and despatched a discover of termination.

To this point, Espinosa nonetheless has 9 pending circumstances in varied courts across the nation. Of the 9 circumstances, two are for violation of the Complete Harmful Medication Act, the opposite circumstances are for unlawful possession of firearms and explosives and violation of the Anti-Cash Laundering Regulation.

One case for unlawful medication has been dismissed by the Makati Courtroom and is topic to enchantment by the federal government.

Espinosa and his father, Rolando Espinosa Sr., former mayor of Albuera city in Leyte, have been hunted by authorities after President Rodrigo Duterte launched his bloody crackdown in opposition to the unlawful medication commerce in 2016.

The elder Espinosa was jailed in Leyte however was killed inside his detention cell later that 12 months by policemen out to serve a warrant for his arrest for allegedly protecting a firearm in his cell.

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