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LOOK: Court hears Mayor Espinosa's bail plea, jail transfer

LOOK: Court hears Mayor Espinosa's bail plea, jail transfer

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The Regional Trial Court in Baybay City has yet to decide on the motions filed by the lawyer of Albuera Mayor Rolando Espinosa who is currently detained on illegal drugs and firearms charges.

Espinosa was arraigned on Wednesday by RTC branch 14 Judge Carlos Arguelles.

The mayor wants to be transferred from the Baybay jail to the Albuera police station due to security reasons. The court ordered Espinosa detained at the said facility following his arrest last October 5.

An ocular inspection will be conducted on October 26 at the Baybay City Sub-jail to determine the condition of the mayor in the said facility.

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The court also set the other motions filed by Espinosa's lawyers, including his bail plea and motion to quash the search warrant used by authorities to raid his home last August, on the same date.

Likewise, the court gave both parties—the prosecution and Espinosa's lawyer—time to present evidence and witnesses on their motions.

Espinosa's lawyer was also barred by the court from talking to the media about the case.

Espinosa was linked by President Rodrigo Duterte to the illegal drug trade. Duterte even asked Espinosa and his son Kerwin to surrender "on the grounds of drug-trafficking and coddling."

After months in hiding, the younger Espinosa was finally apprehended in Abu Dhabi last Monday.

President Duterte in August accused Espinosa of running a narcotics syndicate in the Visayas, and issued a shoot-to-kill order against the suspected drug lord after the latter ignored calls to surrender. Report from Ranulfo Docdocan, ABS-CBN News

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