MANILA, Philippines – The registered owner of a car used by Lt. Col. Ferdinand Marcelino and his companion when they were arrested during a drug raid surfaced yesterday.
Haydee Uy sent her husband, lawyer Jonathan Herbert Uy, to the Anti-Illegal Drug Group office at Camp Crame in Quezon City why Uy is still the registered owner of the Toyota Camry (XEV-665) Marcelino used in going to a condominium unit where 76 kilos of shabu, which have a street value of P383 million, were seized.
Uy showed AIDG officials a deed of sale for the Camry, indicating the vehicle was sold to its present owner for P195,000 on Jan. 18, three days before Marcelino and Yan Yi Shou were arrested at a condo unit in Sta. Cruz, Manila.
AIDG spokesman Chief Inspector Roque Merdegia Jr. refused to name the buyer, whom they summoned for questioning.
He said the owner of the condominium unit where the shabu was found has yet to explain the matter.
Marcelino said he was on a mission to go after illegal drug lords and operators but failed to show documents to support his claim.