DOJ offers 1500,000 reward for info on Lim
The Department of Justice (DOJ) yesterday offered a 1500,000 reward for information that can lead to arrest of fugitive and suspected drug lord Peter Lim.
“The government is also ready to give a reward of 1500,000 to anyone who can give information on
the exact whereabouts of accused Peter Go Lim, provided that such information will lead to the actual arrest of said fugitive,” Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra told reporters.
The DOJ offered the bounty after law enforcement authorities have yet to find the Cebu-based businessman who is allegedly one of the drug lords in the Visayas.
“The DOJ warns persons coddling Peter Go Lim, who has been indicted for conspiracy to trade in illegal drugs, that they will be prosecuted for obstruction of justice and punished accordingly,” stressed Guevarra.
Acting Presiding Judge Gina BibatPalamos of the Makati City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 65 has already issued an arrest warrant against Lim last August 14 and, then, a hold departure order (HDO) on August 17 which would prevent him from leaving the country.
Last August 10, the DOJ filed against Lim before the Makati RTC two counts of the non-bailable offense of conspiracy to commit illegal drug trade in violation of Section 26(b) in relation to Section 5, Article II of Republic Act 9165, the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
Apart from Lim, those who have been named as his co-accused are selfconfessed drug lord Rolan “Kerwin” Espinosa, Espinosa’s associate Marcelo Adroco, and RuelMalindangan.
Both Espinosa and Adorco are in government custody, while, Malindangan is at-large and also the subject of an arrest warrant issued by the Makati RTC.
Apart from the two charges, last July 25, state prosecutors filed charges against Espinosa, Adorco, and Malindagan, arrested alleged drug supplier Lovely Impal, and convicted drug lord Peter Co after probable cause was found by the DOJ to indict them based on the complaint of the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG).
The charges filed last July 25 are two counts of conspiracy to commit illegal drug trade at the Manila RTC and one other count of the same violation at the Makati RTC.