De Lima was arrested Friday after a judge found merit in criminal charges filed by the Department of Justice last week. She will be detained at the Custodial Center at the national police headquarters, Camp Crame.
EARLIER: PNP SOCO personnel preparing Sen. De Lima for her mugshots. @ABSCBNNews pic.twitter.com/nte5e6ALrY
— Maan Macapagal (@maan_macapagal) February 24, 2017
The embattled senator has vowed to face all charges against her which she has branded as "political persecution."
"The truth will come out and I will achieve justice. I am innocent," she told reporters shortly before law enforcers escorted her away from her office.
Apart from De Lima, her former driver and bodyguard Ronnie Dayan was also arrested.
De Lima, a human rights lawyer before joining government, said the charges are a vendetta against her after she last year led a Senate probe into alleged extrajudicial killings during Duterte's anti-drugs crackdown.
-- reports from Maan Macapagal, ABS-CBN News, Reuters
source: news.abs-cbn.com
