Ten of 29 active and former Philippine cops facing arrest warrants over a staged P6.7 billion drug operation in Manila in 2022 are now in police custody. The PNP is still searching for 19 more implicated individuals. Charges have been filed against 30 cops, including two generals, for violations of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act, including evidence planting and bungling drug case prosecutions.
Ten of the 29 active and former cops with arrest warrants over the alleged staged operation of the P6.7 billion drug haul in Manila in 2022 are now in police custody, the Philippine National Police said Thursday.In an update as of 10:20 a.m., PNP spokesperson Police Brigadier General Jean Fajardo said the 10 implicated people have surrendered or have been arrested.
The cops’ supposed violations include the planting of evidence and the delay and bungling in the prosecution of the drug cases.Of the 30 charged individuals, arrest warrants have been issued against 29 of them.The case was centered on dismissed Police Master Sergeant Rodolfo Mayo Jr. who was nabbed as authorities confiscated some 990 kilograms of suspected shabu with an estimated value of over P6.7 billion during drug operations in Manila in 2022.
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