2 ‘underlings of drug lord Espinosa’ nabbed in Bohol buy-bust

Kerwin Espinosa

In this Oct. 17, 2016 file photo, alleged Visayas drug lord Roland ‘Kerwin’ Espinosa Jr. poses for his mugshot.  He was arrested in Abu Dhabi after being spotted by Filipino workers there. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte — Two underlings of suspected drug lord Kerwin Espinosa were arrested in Bohol province on Tuesday.

The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) identified the two as Victor Aguilar, 36, and Marlowe Dano, 25, both from Balilihan town.

They were arrested in a buy-bust operation on Zamora Street in Barangay Dampas in Bohol’s capital of Tagbilaran City.

Fourteen big plastic packs of shabu and two .45-pistols were recovered from the suspects, said lawyer Rennan Augustus Oliva, NBI-Bohol head.

The suspects belonged Espinosa drug syndicate, he added.  SFM

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