TWO Pampanga mayors and several municipal officials are facing a graft case before the Office of the Ombudsman for selling over 4,000 hogs from a raided shabu laboratory in September last year.

The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) accused Mayor Maria Lourdes Lacson of Magalang town and Mayor Jose Maria Hizon of Bacolor town for violation of Section 3(e) of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act in connection with the sale of pigs at a public auction for P7 million without informing the agency or the court.

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