MANILA, Philippines — Alleged Manila-based drug queen and former barangay chairwoman Guia Gomez Castro will face murder and drug cases, outgoing National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) chief said Friday.
NCRPO chief Maj. Gen. Guillermo Eleazar said they have filed a murder case against Castro after an anonymous witness confessed that Castro allegedly ordered the killing of a “ninja cop” or a police officer involved in the resale of illegal drugs seized in buy-busts.
“Yesterday, we have referred a case of murder before the Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office against Guia Gomez Castro dahil nakakuha ng witness ng kanyang pagpapapatay sa isang kasamahan na ninja cops [because a witness came to us and confessed about Castro’s order to kill her ],” Eleazar told reporters after the distribution ceremony of ATM cards and Philhealth cards for police trainees at the NCRPO headquarters in Taguig City.
The NCRPO later confirmed that Castro was the alleged mastermind in the murder of police officer Roderick Valencia in 2011.
Police said the killing was triggered by Valencia’s alleged failure to remit to Castro the alleged earnings from illegal drug dealings.
Police said Castro ordered the witness to hire a gunman to kill Valencia.
Castro will also be facing a complaint for violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 but NCRPO is still gathering more evidence, Eleazar said.
Castro’s husband and her brother will also be facing drug cases, Eleazar added.
“Kinukumpleto namin yung documentation [We are completing the documentation]. We will be filing cases for violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act against Guia, her husband and pati na rin kapatid [and her brother],” Eleazar said.
“We are completing documentation and hopefully by next week we will refer this to City Prosecutor’s Office of Manila,” he added.
Eleazar said Castro, her husband, and her brother are still in the United States. /muf