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SUBIC BAY Freeport: The Presidential Anti Smuggling Group-Task Force
Subic has formally filed charges against 15 individuals allegedly
involved in the seizure of more than P14 billion worth of shabu last
week.
PASG-TFS Deputy Director Atty. Edmund Arrugay
identified the individuals charged as Enrique Ong, Rolando
Labanderos both detained and Anthony “Anton” Ang, Estrella Ang,
Harry Yao, Robert Lee, Rudy Chua, Chi Chan Cheng, Cai Wencong, Jou
Jonq Rong, Yang Tren Yen, Jau Jer Woei, Wu Jia Duo, No Lil Lin and
Li Jin Zhan who are at large.
Ang has been the subject of a massive manhunt by
PASG, PDEA and police operatives after he went missing following the
discovery of some 770 kilos of high grade shabu that were seized
inside his Mitsubishi Outlander with plate number RAE-615 and an
abandoned Toyota Hi Ace Van with 60 boxes of same item located
inside his Hualong warehouse at the Subic Bay Industrial Park.
Arrugay added that they have yet so secure a
search warrant for the abandoned house of Ang located at 50 Davidson
St. in Olongapo City, which is just a stone throw away from the
Olongapo City Police Station 1 and the Regional Trail Court of
Olongapo City.
Arrugay added that the police together with PDEA
would also file a motion for the immediate destruction of the
confiscated shabu, which according to Malacañang will be witnessed
by the President.
The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) over
the weekend lashed back at the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency
for describing Subic Freeport as transshipment hub for illegal
drugs.
“To say that Subic Bay Freeport has become a
transshipment hub for drug smuggling just because of one shipment is
an exaggeration,” said Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority
Administrator Armand Arreza.
Arreza said that as a free port, Subic is
primarily under the jurisdiction of the Presidential Anti-Smuggling
Group (PASG), which has recently taken over the operational control
of Task Force Subic, the anti-smuggling unit here.
“But the SBMA is willing to cooperate with any
agency, just as we closely work together with the PASG,” he added.
-- Anthony Bayarong
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