Police officials on Friday night brought back fugitive Ozamiz City Councilor Ricardo “Ardot” Parojinog into the country from Taiwan, where he was arrested for traveling with fake documents.
Parojinog arrived with his escorts at about 9:55 p.m. on board Philippine Airlines Flight No. PR 897 from Taipei.
He was brought to the Philippine National Police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group headquarters in Camp Crame, Quezon City where he underwent booking procedures.
Parojinog supposedly used a bogus Bureau of Internal Revenue ID and professional driver’s license under the name Alberto Garcia Cruz in slipping out of the country.
Ardot is the brother of Ozamiz City mayor Reynaldo “Aldong” Parojinog, killed in an anti-drug raid by CIDG and Ozamiz City Police operatives last year.
Parojinog’s arrest in Taiwan came 10 months after he secretly left Ozamiz City following the death of his brother Reynaldo and his wife Susan and 14 others in a raid by PNP operatives last September.
Prior to his arrest in Taiwan, the Ozamiz City councilor was being hunted for his alleged involvement in the illegal drugs trade and complicity in other unlawful acts in his turf.
PNP chief Director General Oscar Albayalde had said the fugitive would be subjected to booking procedures, medical examination and subsequently transferred to the concerned court that issued the warrant for his arrest.
Albayalde said Parojinog’s repatriation would be considered vital to investigators, particularly on matters relating to who facilitated his travel to Taiwan, among others.
Probers would also try to unravel his potential networks and the magnitude of the illegal drugs trade.