(Eagle News) — A Manila court has deferred the arraignment of two accused in the P6.4-billion shabu shipment mess.
Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 46 Judge Rainelda Estacio-Montesa reset the arraignment of Mark Taguba and Eirene May Tatad to February 23, pending resolution of a petition for review of the drug importation charges filed against them at the Department of Justice.
The judge also asked the prosecution to comment on Tatad’s motion to quash.
Estacio-Montesa also asked the National Bureau of Investigation to explain Taguba’s continued detention in the NBI headquarters even after she ordered him transferred to the Manila City Jail instead.
In the end, Taguba was allowed to stay at the NBI pending resolution of his urgent motion for his continued detention there.
Tatad, however, was ordered transferred to the Manila City Jail.
Taguba and Tatad are only two of the nine personalities charged in connection with the importation of P6.4 billion worth of shabu via Customs express lanes in May.
