A Las Piñas City court acquitted Juanito Jose Remulla III of illegal drug possession, ruling that prosecutors were unable to prove that the son of Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla knew he was going to receive a package of illegal drugs.
“When there are glaring lapses or irregularities on the part of the law enforcers, the presumption of regularity usually accorded to [them] is effectively destroyed or immediately negated,” the ruling said.
In all, Remulla spent 87 days in detention, including 63 days at Las Piñas City Jail awaiting the court’s decision after his Nov. 4, 2022, arraignment. The court cited the testimony of prosecution witness Eduardo Bongao Jr., a PDEA intelligence officer, who testified that he posed as a postal service personnel when he delivered the package to Remulla.
It also noted that apart from showing that Remulla received the parcel, for which he was promptly arrested by Bongao and Mek-eng, the prosecution did not present other evidence to prove that he knew it contained illegal drugs. PDEA did not immediately take possession of the package after it was opened by Pascual, who testified that he had taken samples and then put the box inside a “safety cage.”
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