Dorian Peña denies drug links, says he was at ‘wrong place, wrong time’

Former PBA cager Dorian Peña has denied that he was in any way involved in illegal drugs, Sandra Aguinaldo reported on "24 Oras" on Thursday.

Peña, 39, said he was at the "wrong place, wrong time" when the National Bureau of Investigation swooped in on the alleged drug den in Merryland Village in Mandaluyong on Wednesday.

He said he went to the residence of Jose Paolo Ampeso to have his computer repaired.

The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has charged Peña before the Department of Justice (DOJ) following his arrest, along with Ampeso and another suspect, in a drug entrapment operation.

Peña underwent inquest proceedings on Thursday at the DOJ for charges for violation of Section 7 (visitor of a drug den) and Section 15 (use of dangerous drugs) of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act (Republic Act 9165).

His co-respondents Vilchez and Ampeso are facing charges for violation of Sections 5, 6, 11, 12, 15 and 26 of the same law.

Seized from the suspects were two plastic sachets containing shabu and several pieces of drug paraphernalia. —NB, GMA News