MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Four alleged money launderers, collectors and financiers of big time drug lords were caught in a drug raid on Thursday (December 15) in Caloocan.
The four suspects were identified as Charles Shi, a Chinese national; Arthur Sy, a Filipino-Chinese; and Glen and Maricar Bernardo, both Filipino citizens. Through a search warrant, policemen from the Northern Police and the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) caught the suspects inside the two condominium units in Grace Park, Caloocan.
A sachet of cocaine and drug paraphernalia were found inside their unit along with ledgers, passbooks and ATM cards from different banks containing billions of pesos in transaction.
After the inventory of the evidence, the suspects will be turned-over to the CIDG for additional investigation.
The four suspects however denied the assertions, claiming that that they have nothing to do with the illegal drug trade in the Philippines.
According to CIDG, they were able to locate the suspects through bank deposit slips that they seized in a drug raid in Mandaluyong City a few months ago.
Police/Sr. Supt. Roberto Fajardo, Director of Northern Police District (NPD) said in a statement said the four suspects had a lot of transactions, transacting bank checks worth millions if not billions of pesos.
“There are a lot transactions. Even the police officers felt giddy with these enormous numbers, we really need a professional accountant to help us in this matter,” he said.
He also added that the police will make further and thorough investigations to decipher who are the big time drug lords being funded by the suspects. One is allegedly in China, and another one is an inmate at the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa City.
