The head of the Philippine National Police-Drug Enforcement Group (PNP-PDEG) and at least nine other police officials will go on leave to give way to an investigation surrounding the P6.7-billion anti-illegal drugs operations in Manila last year.
The head of the Philippine National Police-Drug Enforcement Group and at least nine other police officials will go on leave to give way to an investigation surrounding the P6.7-billion anti-illegal drugs operations in Manila last year.
Mayo, a former intelligence officer of PDEG, was arrested last year in Manila wherein at least 990 kilos of shabu was recovered. PNP chief General Rodolfo Azurin Jr. has since dropped him from the service. The DILG chief, without naming names, ordered police officers seen in a video footage that was captured before or after the arrest of Mayo, to take a leave of absence.
Aside from Domingo, those who would be filing their leave of absence include Col. Julian Olonan, chief of the PDEG-Special Operations Unit in Region 4A; Lt. Col. Arnulfo Ibañez of the PDEG-SOU in Metro Manila; Lt. Col. Harry Lorenzo III, assigned at the Manila Police District, Moriones Station; Maj. Michael Angelo Salmingo, deputy chief of the PDEG-SOU in Metro Manila; Capt. Jonathan Sosongco, head of the arresting team from the SOU- 4A; Capt.
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