Hours after President Rodrigo Duterte urged him to surrender, Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr. of Albuera, Leyte, who is suspected to be involved in the illegal drug trade, turned himself in, Malacañang said on Tuesday.

Presidential spokesman Ernesto Abella said Espinosa surrendered to Philippine National Police chief Ronald “Bato” de la Rosa.

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