Land Transportation Office OIC Rodel Yambao, 59, was arrested at his home in Tarlac City on Wednesday (May 9) after a search yielded sachets of suspected shabu. Photo by
Maria Adelaida Calayag
CLARK FREEPORT鈥擳ransportation Secretary Arthur Tugade has fired the head of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) in Tarlac province after he was charged with possession of illegal drugs and a grenade by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA).
Tugade sacked LTO Tarlac officer in charge, Rodel Yambao, on Thursday through an order relayed to LTO chief, Edgar Galvante.
鈥淚f you are involved in corruption, such as illegal drugs, then I will kick you out,鈥� Tugade said in a statement issued by the Department of Transportation in Clark.
The enforcement of a search warrant on Yambao鈥檚 house in Tarlac City on Wednesday yielded nine sachets of suspected 鈥渟habu鈥� (crystal meth), a grenade and bullets, according to the police and PDEA.
Yambao, 59, is detained at the Tarlac provincial police jail in Camp Macabulos, also in Tarlac City.
Tugade also ordered a lifestyle and corruption check on Yambao. 鈥擳ONETTE OREJAS