Isidro Lapeña

Isidro S. Lapeña is a Filipino retired police officer and former government official former served as director general of Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, and commissioner of Bureau of Customs.

Police career

Graduate of PMA Maagap Class of 1973, notable police assignment of Lapeña was being the Davao City Police Chief under then-Mayor Rodrigo Duterte. Lapeña's batchmates are former police general Thompson Lantion, and former Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana. Lapeña also served as Directorate for Operations, and later served as deputy chief for operations and retired on January 2, 2007, with the rank of Deputy Director General.

Lapeña was appointed by then-President Duterte as Director of Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency from July 12, 2016, to August 30, 2017.
He was reassigned at Bureau of Customs on August 30, 2017. But, in 2018, he was implicated in the Custom's drug smuggling scandal, and other officials for smuggling of the ₱11 billion worth of methamphetamine, locally known as shabu which was discovered inside the magnetic lifters in a warehouse in General Mariano Alvarez, Cavite. He claimed it was only a demolition job against him, will not resign, and did not show up in the Senate probe. The Department of Justice later halted probe process, after Lapeña was reassigned.
On October 25, 2018, he was reassigned again, this time at the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority as its director general. He served until June 30, 2022.