Tupas will be "part of the investigation" ordered by PDEA Director General Wilkens Villanueva, said the PDEA Davao Regional Director Lovitos who was invited to the AFP-PNP Southern Mindanao online press conference on Wednesday.
Sara Duterte's withdrawal announcement came two hours after firing her information officer and aide who was caught in the drug raid in a beach party over the weekend.
The illegally imported red onions with estimated value of P57 million in pesos had been intercepted at the Mindanao Container Terminal sub-port in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental.
Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio announced on Tuesday noontime that her City Information Officer, Jefry Tupas, was involved in a drug raid at Mabini, Davao de Oro on November 6.
City officials said that looking at the culture of indigenous communities, members of the tribe rely on their leaders' decision, which is why officials would want to dialogue and encourage them to take part to gain trust on vaccines.