Drug pusher claims P145-M shabu came from cops

MANILA, Philippines – An alleged drug pusher who yielded 30 kilos of shabu, with an estimated street value of P145 million, during a raid in Cavite claimed yesterday that the illegal drugs were supplied to him by Metro Manila policemen.

Ariel Ajido, 33, disclosed this during interrogation by agents of the Anti-Illegal Drug Group (AIDG) at Camp Crame.

Ajido admitted that he worked as a drug courier for a drug ring operated by a Chinese.

Police said Ajido’s job was to deliver shabu to prospective buyers.

Ajido said police had arrested him in a drug sting.

He claimed police officers set him free after he accepted the offer to be a “police asset.”

Ajido claimed that his job was to set up the “arrest” of prospective shabu buyers so the case could be recorded as “police accomplishment.”

But he said only half of the shabu seized during the stings would be declared by the police. The rest of the illegal drugs would be recycled back to the streets of Metro Manila, Ajido claimed.

The names of Ajido’s alleged policemen coddlers were listed in his mobile phone, a source told The STAR.

When reached for comment, AIDG executive officer Senior Superintendent Andy Suan said they were validating Ajido’s “confession.”

AIDG agents arrested Ajido in a raid on his house at Dream Ville Subdivision in Barangay Carsading Bago 11 in Imus, Cavite on May 20.

Aside from the 30 kilos of shabu, the raiders also confiscated his Ford Ranger (WLI-738), which he allegedly used in his drug peddling activities.