PHILIPPINE National Police (PNP) Chief Dionardo Carlos has ordered police units to look into the claims of self-confessed drug lord Rolan “Kerwin” Espinosa that several cops pressured and threatened him to make false allegations against detained Senator Leila de Lima.In a press conference in Camp Crame on Monday, May 2, 2022, Carlos said he instructed the Internal Affairs Service (IAS) and the Directorate for Investigation and Detective Management (DIDM) to review the matter.De Lima has been detained at the PNP custodial center since 2017 over illegal drug-related charges.The charges came after she was implicated by several personalities into the illegal drug trade during a House probe, including Espinosa and former Bureau of Corrections (Bucor) officer-in-charge and deputy director for intelligence of the National Bureau of Investigation Rafael Marcos Ragos.Last week, however, Espinosa admitted that the allegations he made against De Lima, particularly in accepting millions worth of drug money from him to fund her senatorial race and in manipulating the illegal drugs trade inside the New Bilibid Prison, were all lies.He said he fabricated those stories due to the coercion, pressure and intimidation by the police.Ragos, for his part, also recanted his claims against De Lima, particularly in delivering money to her house from the convicted drug lords inside the NBP.He said he issued lies following the orders of then Justice secretary Vitaliano Aguirre and due to the threat against his and his family’s lives.Unlike Ragos, Espinosa was not included as a witness in the charges against De Lima.Of the three illegal drug charges De Lima is facing before the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court, one has already been dismissed. (SunStar Philippines)