NAGA CITY -- Animosities were on display early this week when erstwhile drug suspect Raoul Rosales slammed the National Bureau of Investigation here for allegedly hatching up a plan to once again raid his house, “plant” damaging evidence against him, and haul him to jail for good.

        In a radio interview, Rosales, the barangay captain of Balatas here, expressed fear upon learning from his alleged reliable sources that the NBI is about to secure a search warrant and during the search of his house, sachets of shabu will be “planted” and book him anew for a non-bailable crime.

        Rosales was freed only a few days ago from his detention cell at Del Rosario district jail after his lawyers successfully convinced the court that his arrest was unwarranted and therefore the illegal drug charge filed against him should be dismissed.

        Rosales, suspected as heavily involved in illegal drug peddling and use, was arrested last month by an anti-illegal drug task force headed by NBI Bicol Regional Director Ricardo Diaz, by virtue of a search warrant.

        The arresting agents reportedly found shabu and other sophisticated monitoring equipment inside the Rosales home which authorities claimed has been a safehouse for the illegal substance for sale.

        Rosales’ lawyers said Raoul was actually living separately in a duplex within the compound whose other half of the unit where sachets of shabu and monitoring equipment and paraphernalia were found; the unit actually belongs to his brother Chinglo, they said.

        Chinglo, who reportedly is the subject of the search warrant has remained at large since the raid broke out.

        After the raid, Raoul was immediately sent to jail because the crime of possession of illegal drugs beyond its minimum weight is non-bailable. He spent about one month in jail while his lawyers sought for his release and the eventual dismissal of the case.

        Raoul, however, still has to face the charge of illegal possession of firearms – a bailable offense -- after he was found in possession of a handgun during the same raid. He posted bail for that one and hence is now on temporary liberty pending the case.

        Rosales has since transferred to a new rented home in Bgy. Calauag “to stay away from the heat”. But fear soon hounded him after he received reports that the NBI has refused to rest on the case and in fact, according to him, Director Diaz and his agents are now plotting moves to pin him down for good.

        NBI Director Diaz told DWNX, the radio station that broke out Rosales’ fears, that the barangay captain must be “hallucinating” or is paranoid (which are symptomatic of a person hooked on drugs) to accuse them of hatching up an illegal move.

        Taking a gig at Rosales’ charge that the NBI is plotting to “plant” shabu during the feared raid, Diaz said his office is the NBI, not the Bureau of “Plant” Industry.

        We are now on the legal front in our war against illegal drug and the Rosales brothers, Diaz said, stressing that his office would never resort to an “illegal move just to pin down suspects”.

        Meanwhile, in what appeared to be a rebuttal on the exchange of charges and harsh words between Diaz and Rosales, the latter told newsmen that he is willing to undergo a drug test to prove Diaz’ charge that he is a drug user is false and unfounded.