SENATORS on Monday maintained that New People’s Army (NPA) rebels can’t arrest or kill drug personalities because only members of law enforcement agencies have the authority to enforce the law.

Senator Panfilo Lacson said while there is a provision in the law that allows citizen’s arrest, it does not apply to the communist rebels who are not even allowed to possess firearms legally.

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