MANILA: Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte was arrested on Tuesday (Mar 11) after touchdown at Manila’s worldwide airport by police appearing on an Worldwide Prison Courtroom (ICC) warrant over his deadly war on drugs, the presidential palace mentioned.
“Early within the morning, Interpol Manila obtained the official copy of the warrant of the arrest from the ICC,” the palace mentioned in an announcement.
“As of now, he’s below the custody of authorities.”
The Philippines president’s workplace additionally mentioned that Duterte was in “good well being”.
Duterte had been in Hong Kong, the place he mentioned on Monday that he was ready to be arrested if the ICC issued a warrant.
Hypothesis was rife on Sunday that Duterte’s unannounced go to to the town indicated that he could also be making an attempt to evade potential arrest over his crackdown on medication whereas in energy.
