Ten cops will file for a go away of absence to offer approach to the investigation into the P6.7-billion shabu case, Philippine National Police – Drug Enforcement Group (PDEG) director Police Brigadier General Narciso Domingo stated Tuesday.
“We will comply with the order of Secretary of Department of Interior and Local Government Benhur Abalos. We will file our leave of absence right after this press conference,” Domingo stated.
Domingo denied any cover-up within the unlawful drug case of now-dismissed Police Master Sergeant Rodolfo Mayo Jr. involving 990 kilograms of confiscated shabu.
“We assure you that that there was no attempted cover-up here, kung ‘yun po ang iniisip ng karamihan na ang PDEG kami ay nag-cover up sa maling pinaggagawa ng mga tao namin,” he stated.
(We guarantee you that there was no tried cover-up right here, if most individuals suppose that PDEG is overlaying up for the faults of its personnel.)
On Monday, Abalos requested two police generals and a number of other different cops to go on go away inside the week or face suspension after the investigation of the National Police Commission (Napolcom).
According to him, the investigation confirmed that “there is indeed a massive attempt to cover-up the arrest of Mayo.”
Domingo expressed dismay that they had been dragged into the case after they had been simply doing their job to battle the unlawful drug case as he famous that their group led the most important drug haul within the PNP.
“Let me express my dismay that this is being unfair on the part of those of us who just did our mandate and just did our fight against illegal drugs trade,” he stated.
“Kami pa ngayon ang pinagdududahang kasabwat sa aming nahuling suspects (But now we are the ones being suspected of being accomplices to the suspects we arrested),” he added.
Abalos offered to the media CCTV footage displaying Mayo in handcuffs after which later launched. The video additionally confirmed police officers arriving and leaving the premises of an institution the place Mayo was. Mayo has since been arrested and dismissed from the service.
“Parang iba ang nangyari dun sa mga report na na-file ng PNP kasama na ang mga dokumento at mga testimonials na ibinigay ng police officers,” Abalos stated.
(It seems that it’s completely different from the experiences filed by the PNP together with the paperwork and testimonies given by the cops.)
Domingo admitted that there have been lapses in police procedures however these had been a part of a tactical transfer to seize one other group of drug suspects in Pasig, which was revealed by Mayo after his arrest in Manila.
PDEG Special Operations Unit in Region 4A chief Police Colonel Julian Olonan stated they deliberate to make use of Mayo to allow them to get to a different warehouse in Pasig.
“’Yung Pasig, meron pang isang bodega. Kinausap namin siya na gamitin siya para makuha ‘yung another warehouse (There is another warehouse in Pasig. We talked to him that we will use him to get to another warehouse),” Olonan stated.
According to Domingo, PNP chief Police General Rodolfo Azurin Jr. directed them to cancel the operation in Pasig as a result of Mayo may get killed.
“Natakot siya na papatayin si Mayo…kaya pina-cancel ‘yung follow-up operation (He feared that Mayo would be killed…so the follow-up operation was canceled),” Domingo stated.
Aside from Domingo and Olonan, the next are among the many cops who will file a go away of absence:
- Police Lt. Gen. Benjamin Santos, then the PNP deputy chief for operations;
- Police Lt. Col. Glenn Gonzales of the Quezon City Police District;
- Police Lt. Col. Arnulfo Ibañez, officer in command of the PDEG SOU in NCR;
- Police Major Michael Angelo Salmingo, deputy of PDEG SOU NCR;
- Police Capt. Jonathan Sosongco, head of the PDEG SOU 4A arrest workforce;
- Police Lt. Ashrap Amerol, intelligence officer of the PDEG Intelligence and Foreign Liaison Division;
- Police Lt. Col. Harry Lorenzo station commander of the Manila Police District in Moriones; and
- Police Capt. Randolph Piñon, chief of PDEG SOU 4A Intelligence Section.
In October 2022, Mayo was arrested as authorities confiscated some 990 kilograms of suspected shabu with an estimated worth of over P6.7 billion following a collection of anti-drug operations in Manila .
Mayo is an intelligence officer for the PDEG, primarily based on police data. —KG, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
