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'Drug queen's' daughter had VIP police security, PDEA says

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/11/07/110717_diane.jpg"/><figcaption>A handcuffed Diane Yu Uy is presented to media after her arrest in Sampaloc, Manila Tuesday. <em>Screen grab from DZMM video</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - The daughter of a drug-dealing convict whom authorities described as a &quot;drug queen,&quot; had enjoyed VIP police security before her arrest, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency said Tuesday.</p><p>PDEA agents arrested Diane Yu Uy after P10 million worth of suspected shabu was found in her condominium unit near Malacañang Palace on Monday. Hours earlier, another P2-million in drugs was seized at the Correctional Institute for Women, where her mother Yuklai is detained.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/06/17/p10-m-shabu-nasamsam-sa-condo-malapit-sa-gate-ng-palasyo">P10-M shabu haul seized near Palace</a></li></ul><p>Uy&#x27;s security detail was identified as PO3 Walter Vidal of the Police Security and Protection Group. Vidal is a former Special Action Force commando.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1447755" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></figure><p>&quot;Nagkaroon yata ng kidnapping threat itong si Diane and binigyan ng security,&quot; PDEA chief Aaron Aquino told DZMM.</p><p>&quot;Ang problema lang dito, hindi yata na-profile nang maayos ng PNP iyung VIP na binibigyan nila ng security.&quot;</p><p>(Diane had received a kidnapping threat so she was given security. The problem here is that the PNP apparently failed to look into the profile of the VIP they are guarding.)</p><p>Aquino said Uy allegedly supplied drugs to the CIW. Surveillance clips showed her avoiding frisking by delivering sacks of rice that allegedly contained shabu through the facility&#x27;s back door.</p><p>Uy is suspected of sourcing narcotics from 3 convicted drug lords at the New Bilibid Prison, Aquino added. Her cellphone allegedly yielded text messages about orders of shabu.</p><p>&quot;Malakas pa rin ang kalakaran ng droga sa loob [ng Bilibid],&quot; he said.</p><p>(The drug trade is Bilibid is still flourishing.)</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/04/17/drugs-back-in-bilibid-saf-seeks-exit-aguirre">Drugs back in Bilibid, SAF seeks exit: Aguirre</a></li></ul><figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_2_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_2" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1447736" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></figure><p>Yuklai&#x27;s &quot;kubol&quot; meanwhile yielded pantyliners stuffed with shabu.</p><p>The 72-year-old inmate has been shouldering the correctional&#x27;s P1-million monthly power bill, said Aquino.</p><p>He said Yuklai previously made headlines when she was caught visiting a casino 2 years after her conviction.</p><p>Aquino said PDEA would file new cases against Yuklai, whom he previously described as the country&#x27;s &quot;biggest drug queen.&quot;</p><p>The agency will also set up a satellite office in Bilibid to curb the narcotics trade there.</p><p>Aquino, a former police official himself, said he has asked PSPG to investigate how Vidal was assigned to guard Uy.</p>

<p>The daughter of a drug-dealing convict whom authorities described as a "drug queen," had enjoyed VIP police security before her arrest, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency said Tuesday.</p>

The daughter of a drug-dealing convict whom authorities described as a "drug queen," had enjoyed VIP police security before her arrest, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency said Tuesday.