Some 43 Metro Manila cops were summoned by National Capital Region Police Office chief Maj. Gen. Jonnel Estomo over their inclusion in a watchlist of police personnel with possible links to illegal drugs. READ:
In an exclusive report, ABS-CBN showed a video clip of the meeting with Estomo at Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig where the cops also underwent a surprise drug test.Another said he already went through an adjudication process in 2018 and was surprised that his name was still on the watch list.ADVERTISEMENTEstomo, for his part, said the inclusion of the cops in the watchlist of the Philippine National Police does not automatically make them guilty of being involved in illegal drugs.
“I cannot say they are involved. That has to be proven. Some of them were just doing their job, and sometimes when you do your job, you step on people’s toes and they get mad.” Based on the documents gathered by ABS-CBN, of the 43 cops, eight were from the Northern Police District, four from Eastern, 12 from the Manila Police District, eight from Southern, four from the Quezon City Police District, two from the Regional Mobile Force Battalion, four from the Regional Headquarters and one from CIDG-NCR.
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