A suspected top narcotics supplier with alleged ties to
self-tagged drug lord Kerwin Espinosa has been placed in police custody,
Philippine National Police chief Director General Ronald ''Bato'' Dela Rosa
announced Monday.
Dela Rosa said Lovely Impal Adam, whom he dubbed as the
"Drug Queen of the South", surrendered to him at Camp Crame,
accompanied by Chief Superintendent Agripino Javier, police director in the
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).
"May binanggit si Kerwin na ka-level lang niya na drug
queen ng south na ang pangalan ay Lovely Impal Adam. Just this morning,
nag-surrender siya sa akin,"Dela Rosa said.
(Kerwin has mentioned a drug queen in the south who is of
the same level as him, named Lovely Impal Adam. Just this morning, she
surrendered to me.)
Impal is currently undergoing investigation by the PNP
Anti-Illegal Drugs Group, the top cop said.
But the PNP chief also admitted that they have no
intelligence information against Impal other than Espinosa's accusation that
she supplied illicit drugs to suspected Visayan drug lord Jeffrey
"Jaguar" Diaz.
"Noong nasa BBRC ako, nasa BBRC kami, naririnig ko na
nagta-transaksyon sa cellphone at sinabi rin sa akin ni Jaguar na si Lovely
Adam Impal ang supplier niya," he said in a recent Senate inquiry.
He added that Impal is also the supplier of Eugene Alegre,
Dodong Velendres, Crisostomo Llagonos (Tata Negro), Carlos Dy, an
alias Ricking, Jerome Estrada, Charlie Parba, Ryan Tumulak, and an Enrico Caca.
Impal is a native of Cagayan De Oro but she also owns
properties in Iligan City, Bukidnon province, said Espinosa.
Although he does not have a photo of Impal, Espinosa said a
photo of her is readily available in the Regional Trial Court 58 in Cebu
because she has drug cases there.
Source: abs-cbn, cnnphilippines
Source: abs-cbn, cnnphilippines
