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Kerwin Espinosa, Peter Lim, 20 others cleared of drug charges

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">DOJ panel junks drug trading charges vs alleged big time druglord Peter Lim, Kerwin Espinosa, several others. Resolution subject to automatic review by Office of Justice Secretary. <a href="https://t.co/gq1LTIaoAm">pic.twitter.com/gq1LTIaoAm</a></p>— Ina Reformina (@InaReformina) <a href="https://twitter.com/InaReformina/status/973105467546193920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 12, 2018</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>MANILA - The Department of Justice has cleared alleged drug lords Kerwin Espinosa, Peter Lim and 20 others of charges related to the narcotics trade due to lack of evidence, according to a resolution made public on Monday.</p><p>&quot;Our law enforcement agencies shall gather more concrete and competent evidence proving that respondents and other individuals are indeed involved in illegal drug activities,&quot; the DOJ resolution read.</p><p>Police can file charges again but they have to make sure that these are backed by more evidence and corroborated testimonies, the DOJ said.</p><p>Other drug suspects who were cleared include Peter Co, Marcelo Adorco, Max Miro, Lovely Impal, Ruel Malindangan, Jun Pepito, Jermy Amang and several others identified only by their aliases.</p><p>Lim, a businessman was a suspected drug lord in Central Visayas tagged by President Rodrigo Duterte. Espinosa and Co were accused of being among leaders of the drug trade in Regions Central and Eastern Visayas.</p><p>Espinosa&#x27;s father, Albuera town Mayor Rolando Espinosa, also an alleged drug lord, was killed by police authorities in an alleged shootout inside his jail cell.</p>

<p>MANILA - The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday has cleared alleged drug lords Kerwin Espinosa, Peter Lim and 20 others of charges related to illegal drugs.</p>

MANILA - The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday has cleared alleged drug lords Kerwin Espinosa, Peter Lim and 20 others of charges related to illegal drugs.