Philippines police chief and Duterte drug war enforcer resigns in meth scandal
Oscar Albayalde denies allegations he profits from drug deals arranged by corrupt officers in 2013
The chief of police in the Philippines has stepped down after facing historical accusations in the Senate that he protected officers who had resold confiscated drugs and received some of the profits.
It was a rapid fall from grace for Oscar Albayalde, the head of the Philippine National Police (PNP), who rose to fame as the enforcer of Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs in Manila before Duterte was appointed president. Albayalde has denied the allegations.