Documents Required to Facilitate the Turnover of Drug Evidence to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency

January 29, 2020

OCA CIRCULAR NO. 27-2020

 

Director General Aaron N. Aquino, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), PDEA Bldg., NIA Northside Road, National Government Center, Barangay Pinyahan, Quezon City 1100, seeks the assistance of this Office in requiring the concerned Regional Trial Courts (RTCs) to prepare and submit the necessary documents to facilitate the turnover of drug evidence subject of a Court Order for Destruction from the RTCs to the PDEA. Director General Aquino explained that the turnover requires logistics such as vehicles, and the availability of the Security Officers and the Evidence Custodians of the PDEA. To ensure that all RTCs intending to turn over drug evidence will be properly accommodated, the PDEA will use the requested documents to efficiently schedule the turnover.

Accordingly, pursuant to the request of Director General Aquino, the concerned Regional Trial Courts are hereby DIRECTED to prepare and submit to the PDEA the following documents for an expeditious turnover of drug evidence:

a. Transmittal letter addressed to Director General Aaron N. Aquino (Attention: Director of Laboratory Service Derrick Arnold C. Carreon);

b. Court Order for Destruction;

c. Chemistry Report; and

d. Inventory of Dangerous Drugs (form appended as Annex "A").

For strict compliance.

(SGD.) JOSE MIDAS P. MARQUEZ

Court Administrator

ANNEX A

Inventory of Dangerous Drugs