Ex-cop links Duterte siblings Paolo and Sara to ‘drug war’ dirt

Arturo Lascañas elaborated on the claims he made against the Duterte siblings in the affidavit as well as during a videotaped interview posted on the website of independent media outfit Vera Files on Jan 29. - PDI

MANILA: Oplan Tokhang, the brutal “knock and plead” anti-drug operation carried out by former President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration, was a brainchild of his daughter, then Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte, while her brother, then Vice Mayor Paolo “Pulong” Duterte, led a narcotic smuggling ring behind the scenes, a confessed Davao Death Squad (DDS) gunman has claimed.

The explosive allegations against two of Duterte’s children, Sara now vice president and Paolo a Davao representative, were first made by retired police officer Arturo Lascañas in an affidavit he executed during the six-day pretrial investigation of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in February 2022.