Members of the anti-scalawag unit of the Philippine National Police (PNP) have arrested a police officer for allegedly extorting money from a fruit vendor in an entrapment in Quezon City on Tuesday.
In a statement Wednesday, Brig. Gen. Flynn Dongbo, chief of the Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group (IMEG), identified the suspect as Cpl. Myrldon Yagi, assigned at the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) Station 14 in Barangay Holy Spirit.
Yagi was arrested inside the Barangay Holy Spirit Hall Annex after receiving four pieces of PHP500 bill as payment of the complainant in exchange for not dismantling his fruit stand in Barangay Pasong Tamo and to redeem his mobile phone that was forcibly taken by the suspect.
The complainant said he was also mauled and threatened at gunpoint by the suspect, prompting him to seek the IMEG’s assistance.
Recovered from the suspect were the marked money worth PHP2,000, one Unit Taurus 9mm Pistol with serial number TZE 30683, two magazines with 16 pieces of ammunition, PNP identification card, and PHP1,635 in different denominations.
Yagi was brought to the PNP-IMEG lock-up facility in Camp Crame for documentation. He will be facing criminal and administrative charges.
Dongbo called on the public to report irregularities involving uniformed and non-uniformed PNP members to 0998-970-2286 or 0995-795-2569.
Pieces of information may also be forwarded to Facebook account Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group.
Source: Philippines News Agency
