Director General Ronald dela Rosa, PNP chief, disclosed yesterday, that Espinosa’s son Rolan, who has been using the alias Kerwin”, has sent surrender feelers.
Dela Rosa said Kerwin could play a vital role in identifying more government people in the illegal drugs trade— that is if the intelligence reports that at least connects him to at least two retired generals are indeed true.
“If he has some significant revelations like if the illegals drugs came from generals or if he squeal his protectors,” said dela Rosa.
Kerwin is being linked to retired generals Marcelo Garbo and Vicente Loot, two of the five police generals linked by Duterte to illegal drugs protection racket.
Dela Rosa himself said that some of the generals being linked to drugs were seen during the blessing of one of the mansions of the Espinosas in Albuera town. “There were reports like that,” said dela Rosa.
Kerwin is tagged as a drug lord supplying illegal drugs in Eastern Visayas region. His father who is the newly-elected and first-termer mayor of Albuera, is reportedly his protector.
Earlier, no less than President Duterte issued a shoot-on-sight order on the two Espinosa’s, forcing the mayor to surrender and give his affidavit to the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) for fear of being executed.
Kerwin, based on intelligence reports, is a direct underling of convicted drug lord Peter Co whom Mayor Espinosa himself squealed to be the source of illegal drugs of his son. And for a caliber of Kerwin in the world of illegal drugs transactions, dela Rosa believed that he has indeed a lot of protectors and backers.
“They have been operating for so long yet they could not be stopped. If they do not have protection from politicians and police officers, would they stay on their business for long?,” said dela Rosa.
Dela Rosa declared that Kerwin is indeed a vital witness as he could name a lot of government people in the illegal drugs trade.
“Kerwin is on the higher echelon (of illegal drugs trade), he is directly under Peter Co in the Eastern Visayas operation,” said dela Rosa.