The Department of Justice has dismissed one complaint of illegal possession of firearms and unlawful possession of explosives filed against Negros Oriental representative Arnolfo “Arnie” Teves Jr, its spokesperson said Saturday.
According to a report by Luisito Santos on Super Radyo dzBB, DOJ spokesperson Mico Clavano said the case was dismissed due to lack of evidence against Teves, and that the lawmaker was not arrested when police authorities held a raid in one of his homes.Despite this, the DOJ said Teves is still facing seven other complaints for illegal possession of firearms, ammunition and explosives, together with his sons.
The raids as well as the complaint is connected to the complaints for three counts of murder the CIDGJustice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla has said Teves already left the United States and was “somewhere in Asia.”
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