30 Show biz celebs monitored for drugs

By Cecille Suerte Felipe and Non Alquitran (The Philippine Star) | Updated October 10, 2016 - 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines – At least 30 entertainment celebrities believed hooked on illegal drugs are being monitored by the Philippine National Police (PNP), it was learned yesterday.
A new list of celebrities allegedly into drugs came from radio disc jockey Karen Bordador, who was arrested recently along with her boyfriend at a condominium unit in Pasig City for possession of party drugs, according to Chief Superintendent Oscar Albayalde, director of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO).
Actor Mark Anthony Fernandez, who was arrested in Pampanga last week with a kilo of marijuana, was in an old list, Albayalde said.
“We have an old and a new list, which we are now subjecting to a validation process (through) our intelligence units,” Albayalde said in an interview.
He said Senior Superintendent Eleazar Matta, NCRPO intelligence chief, would spearhead a workshop among intelligence officers of his five police districts and 38 police stations this week to evaluate and validate their lists of celebrities allegedly into drugs.
This developed as Philippine National Police chief Director General Ronald dela Rosa disclosed that the PNP lacked funds for the government’s intensified campaign against illegal drugs.
(source:http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2016/10/10/1632120/30-show-biz-celebs-monitored-drugs)