“Kagawad Jing, for whatever reason why he was there, it is for him to explain because the way we understand it, there was a social gathering where they came from,” said Ledesma. Another personality in the recordings identified by Councilor Plaridel Nava was Councilman Jesus “Jing-jing” Espinosa Jr. Bantayan ta kun ano ang obrahon sang police,” said Ledesma. “This may be a predicate crime that we all have been waiting for,” he said, adding that Aksyon Radyo-Iloilo must identify the men in its security camera recordings. Ledesma urged Aksyon Radyo-Iloilo to make use of its security camera recordings to pursue charges against the men who stormed Carlos Uy Building. The Regional Trial Court here vowed to dig into their archives. It is not known whether Odicta had obtained presidential pardon leading to his release from jail or he had been unlawfully spirited out. He described such scenario as “near impossible.” It was reported by this paper yesterday that Odicta had been sentenced to life imprisonment for violation of the Dangerous Drugs Act (Republic Act 6425) and that the Supreme Court affirmed the judgment (G.R. They have not seen him personally selling or doing business with illegal drugs, said Ledesma. But even if Odicta is in the PDEA watch list, Ledesma admitted that filing charges against him is another matter. “I don’t think we should even beat around the bush,” said Ledesma, adding that PDEA’s partnership with the radio station in the campaign against illegal drugs has been “commendable.” The intelligence section chief of the Iloilo City Police Office, Senior Inspector Donnel Regis, identified one of the men in the security camera recordings of Aksyon Radyo-Iloilo as businessman Melvin “Boyet” Odicta. In a press conference yesterday, Ledesma said he believed that the attempt of a group of men to barge into Aksyon Radyo-Iloilo was related to the radio station’s crusade against illegal drugs. The “Odicta group” is in the watch list of suspected illegal drug personalities, according Regional Director Paul Ledesma. ILOILO City – Last week’s storming of Carlos Uy Building in Mandurriao district where DyOK Aksyon Radyo-Iloilo was based may be the break that the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has been looking for in the war against drug trafficking.
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