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Police station chief, four other cops arrested for robbery-extortion in Zamboanga City: PNP

(Eagle News) — A police major and four other policemen were arrested in Zamboanga City for robbery-extortion, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, Police Major Orlyn Leyte, officer-in-charge of Station 9 of the Zamboanga City Police Station; Police Staff Sergeants Hegenio Salvador and Asser Abdulkadim; and Police Corporals Ismael Sasapan and Juman Arabani were nabbed in an entrapment operation on Tuesday, at 6:45 p.m., in Barangay Ayala. Salvador, Abdulkadim, Sasapan and Arabani […]

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Eleazar sacks entire Las Piñas anti-drugs unit

(Eagle News)–National Capital Region Police Office Director Guillermo Eleazar has relieved the entire anti-drug unit of the Las Pinas police. Eleazar made the move to relieve the more than 30 police officers, including the unit chief, after some operatives allegedly demanded money in exchange for the release of a drug suspect. Operatives of the Southern Police District failed to arrest the four policemen involved in the crime in an entrapment operation, but managed to nab […]

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Three Manila policemen to face criminal raps for robbery-extortion

(Eagle News) –Criminal charges are slated to be filed against the three Manila policemen who were arrested on Thursday, June 28, after they tried to extort money in exchange for the release of a man they earlier arrested for drug use. National Capital Region Police Office head Chief Supt. Guillermo Eleazar said PO1 Radam Reyes Manglicmot, PO1 Edmar Dalusong Cayanan, and PO1 Jeff-Pee Macapagal Calaguas, who were stationed at the Manila Police District Anti-Crime Unit […]

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Two men nabbed for election-related extortion in Laguna

By Wilson Palima, Jackie Palima and Edna Mayores Eagle News Service Two men were arrested for alleged robbery-extortion in Sta. Rosa, Laguna, days before the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections. Police said Paul Mark Lavina Umlas alias “Paulo Battallones,” a resident of Brgy. Banay-banay, Cabuyao City; and local election leader Jerome Trinos were arrested  by operatives in an entrapment operation on Tuesday, May 8, after they extorted P600,000 from Cesar Hernandez. Based on the police’s […]

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