Veloso recruiters allegedly worked for West African drug ring

The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) revealed that the two recruiters who allegedly duped Mary Jane Veloso have been working for the notorious West African drug syndicate (WADS) as early as 2010, transporting illegal drugs within Southeast Asia.
 
A Department of Justice resolution revealed that the NBI and the Philippine National Police were able to make Ma. Cristina Sergio and her live-in partner Julius Lacanilao confess their "complicity and/or involvmement" in an international drug syndicate responsible for Veloso's arrest in Indonesia in 2010.
 
After turning herself in to police last month, Sergio apparently admitted being connected to a drug syndicate operating in Malaysia, Singapore, and Hong Kong. She said she was once offered to carry drugs from Hong Kong to the Ivory Coast in exchange for $5,000.
 
"Further investigation revealed that both respondents started working as drug couriers/mules sometime in the year 2010 for a WADS cell based in Malaysia headed by a certain Samuel EzeKalu, alias 'Sam,' a Nigerian national residing at No. 1021, Metro Prima, Kepong, Malaysia," read the DOJ resolution.
 
The NBI validated Sergio's claim by looking into her travel records and found out she had five trips abroad in 2009 and 2010, and one trip in 2011.
 
Sergio, according to the NBI, also identified several of her contacts in Malaysia, namely Donna Uche from Africa, an alias "Kingsley" and an alias "White," who are both African-American.
 
Sergio also named another contact in Malaysia by the name of John Smith, and an African national who she said might be the "Prince" that Veloso referred to in her affidavit submitted to Philippine authorities in March.
 
Sergio also confessed that the drug-laden luggage given to Veloso in Malaysia in 2010 was from a certain "Iky" or "Ike," a Nigerian who was introduced to her as Prince's brother.
 
The NBI said it also learned that both Sergio and Lacanilao have "actively participated in the growing drug trade, and that their modus operandi was to recruit willing and/or unwilling participants in their activities.
 
Lacanilao even had the monicker "Supremo" in the "underworld drug community," read the DOJ resolution, which recommended the filing of large-scale illegal recruitment against Sergio and Lacanilao.
 
The NBI said it was able to convince 12 people, who were promised jobs by Sergio and Lacanilao, to submit a sworn statement against the two recruiters. - JJ, GMA News
NBI implements warrantless arrest vs. Veloso recruiter


NBI implements warrantless arrest vs. Veloso recruiter. The National Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday, May 6, implements a warrantless arrest against Kristina Sergio and Julius Lacanilao after they were identified by the family of Mary Jane Veloso and other complainants as their recruiter. John Consulta





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