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CA junks petition of drug-planting cops

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  • The Court of Appeals dismissed a petition by five policemen accused of planting drug evidence in a 2022 operation involving 990 kilograms of shabu.
  • The court said the petition was “devoid of merit” and upheld a lower court’s refusal to quash the charges.

The Court of Appeals has dismissed a petition filed by five policemen accused of planting drug evidence in a 2022 operation in Tondo, Manila.

The appellants challenged a Manila court order issued in 2025 that denied their motion to quash the charges of planting evidence. In a ruling promulgated on Aug. 25, the appellate court’s Eighth Division said the petition was “devoid of merit” and found that the lower court had not committed grave abuse of discretion.

The case stems from a police operation in which officers staged the confiscation of 990 kilograms of shabu valued at P6.7 billion. Twenty-nine police officers, including the five appellants, were arrested in January 2025.

The policemen named in the petition are Senior M/Sergeants Jerrywin Rebosora and Mariam Mananghaya, M/Sgt. Lorenzo Catarata, Staff Sgt. Arnold Tibay and Lt. Col. Glenn Gonzales.

Devoid of merit

· Court of Appeals Eighth DivisionThe appellate court used the phrase in dismissing the five policemen’s petition.
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