POLICE are investigating eight politicians in Central Luzon for their alleged links to the illegal drug trade.

Incoming Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) chief Aaron Aquino made the revelation in a press briefing late Tuesday in Pampanga.

Aquino, police regional director for Central Luzon, identified the alleged “narco-politicians” as five mayors, two congressmen, and one vice governor based on the region’s police intelligence but did not name them. RJ CARBONELL