'DRUG QUEEN'. Maj. Gen. Guillermo Eleazar (seated middle in left table) on Tuesday meets with all the chiefs of Drug Enforcement Units in the National Capital Region to give additional guidance with regard to procedures during drug related operations in Camp Bagong Diwa on Tuesday (Sept. 24, 2019). Eleazar later confirmed that Guia Gomez-Castro, chairperson of Barangay 484, Zone 48 in Sampaloc, Manila is the alleged 'drug queen', who is on top of the recycling of seized illegal drugs by 'ninja' cops. (PNA photo by Christopher Lloyd Caliwan)
MANILA -- The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) on Wednesday bared the identity of the so-called 'drug queen' in Manila, who is the alleged mastermind of the recycling of seized illegal drugs by 'ninja cops'.
NCRPO chief Maj. Gen. Guillermo Eleazar, in a text message sent to Philippine News Agency, identified Guia Gomez-Castro, former chairwoman of Barangay 484, Zone 48 in Sampaloc, Manila as the alleged 'drug queen' who is now reportedly out of the country.
Castro was the same drug queen being referred to by Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director General Aaron Aquino, who he claimed as selling at least PHP13.6 million of shabu weekly in just two streets in Metro Manila.
Eleazar said case build-up is continuously being conducted by their investigators against Castro.
“We have some information and this is part of our case build-up operation. Our government is exerting a concerted effort. All concerned agencies, including PDEA with the active support of the PNP and other agencies, are working together to combat drug trafficking not only in Metro Manila but across the country,” Eleazar told PNA.
Eleazar also bared that they also looking at the possibility of the involvement of Castro on the series of death of some ninja cops who were tagged to be her protectors in the recycling and distribution of shabu in the metropolis.
He said eight of the slain ninja cops in their records were reported to be killed by unidentified gunmen, most of them are motorcycle-riding assassins.
“We have reasons to believe that she could have ordered a gradual purging in order to stop the trail leading to her upon sensing that her police protectors have already been identified,” said Eleazar.
Eleazar said Castro had already left the country and was replaced as a chairwoman of a barangay in Sampaloc in July 2018.
Asked of her whereabouts, Eleazar said the intelligence reports indicated that she could be in Canada.
“The subject (Castro) arrived Sept 18, 2019 via PR flight PR 119 in Manila direct from Vancouver, Canada. Subject departed Sept 21, 2019 via 5J931 Manila to Bangkok, Thailand. It seems like she is travelling in/out of the country every month or two,” Eleazar stressed.
Eleazar said that they are not discounting the possibility that some of the killings of the ninja cops could have been ordered by the 'drug queen' everytime she would sense that the erring cops on her payroll, as well as her distributor of drugs, would spill the beans.
“These are all subject of our investigation. We are also looking into the possibility that she may also have a hand in the death of some of her drugs distributors,” said Eleazar.
“The President has been very tough against illegal drugs. This could be the reason why she has been very particular of her safety,” he added.
Eleazar said that this should serve as a warning to policemen about the danger of conniving with illegal drugs syndicate.
“They have nowhere to go. Either the drugs syndicates would eliminate them or they may end up being arrested or neutralize in our intensified campaign against scalawag policemen, particularly those involved in illegal drugs,” the Metro Manila top cop noted.
Eleazar earlier warned police anti-narcotics units heads in Metro Manila that they would be immediately sacked from their posts if any of their men were found to be involved in illegal drugs.
He also implemented measures to safeguard the safekeeping of confiscated shabu and other illegal drugs. (PNA)
