DAVAO CITY: Mayor Rodrigo Duterte facilitated the release on Monday of an Army corporal after 16 days of captivity by the New People’s Army (NPA) but, the mayor was irked upon learning that the soldier he fetched from an undisclosed place in Davao was found by rebels in possession of one sachet of shabu.

Corporal Rogelio Rosales was captured by the NPAs last May 3 in Barangay Florida, Kapalong, Davao del Norte while the soldier was reportedly facilitating the transport of illegal logs.

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