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Cops linked to 'shabu in magnetic lifters' could be 2 colonels Duterte referring to: Gordon

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/tvpatrol/08/08/20180810-pdea-shabu-aa-1.jpg"/></figure></div>MANILA—Sen. Richard Gordon has his own guess as to the identities of the 2 police colonels tagged by President Rodrigo Duterte in the illegal drug trade.&quot;Baka siguro sina Col. [Eduardo] Acierto &#x27;yan at Col. [Ismael] Fajardo. Nanghuhula lang ako, wala ako personal knowledge kung sino nasa isip niya [Duterte],&quot; the head of the Senate blue ribbon committee said.Acierto, a former official of the Philippine National Police (PNP), and Fajardo, a former deputy chief of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), are both at large after having been implicated in major drug hauls.Fajardo was tagged by a former Customs intelligence officer of having prior knowledge of the P2.4-billion worth of “shabu” found inside magnetic lifters abandoned at the Manila International Port in 2018.Acierto has also been linked to the shipment, as well as P11-billion worth of “shabu” that slipped past Customs in 2017. <ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/24/19/manila-court-orders-arrest-of-ex-cop-acierto-7-others-linked-to-shabu-haul-in-magnetic-lifters">Manila court orders arrest of ex-cop Acierto, 7 others linked to shabu haul in magnetic lifters</a></li></ul>At a prominent political forum in Sochi, Russia, Duterte revealed that at least 2 colonels are involved in the illegal drug trade.&quot;And right now, even as I fly here and go back, there are about again 2 generals who are still playing with drugs. And I said, &#x27;Well, I told you do not destroy my country because it is being flooded with drugs,&#x27;&quot; he said.Duterte, however, did not name the 2 colonels or identified whether they come from the military or police.His remarks came amid investigation of the so-called &quot;ninja cops&quot; or police officers involved in the recycling of confiscated drugs.—With a report from Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News

MANILA—Sen. Richard Gordon has his own guess as to the identities of the 2 police colonels tagged by President Rodrigo Duterte in the illegal drug trade.

MANILA—Sen. Richard Gordon has his own guess as to the identities of the 2 police colonels tagged by President Rodrigo Duterte in the illegal drug trade.