Appeal Court Judge Wendy Martinez Mejia has released Police Major Ruddy Japa Alvarez, one of the Police Central Anti Narcotics Unit (DICAN) officers arrested over the robbery of almost 1,000 kilos of drugs.
She rejected the Public Prosecution service’s application for bail and periodic court appearances and instead freed him unconditionally, after hearing his defense team’s argument that he was being held illegally as he had been held for longer than the maximum 48 hours.
On Saturday, 17 January 2015, Judge Martinez Mejia sent nine of the accused in the same case to preventative custody on remand for a year.
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