(Photo courtesy of PNP PIO)
MANILA – A dismissed police officer assigned in Metro Manila involved in extortion was wounded after resisting arrest in an entrapment operation in Navotas City.
In a statement Thursday, Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, Gen. Debold Sinas, said Don Osias, 39, was shot in the leg by arresting police officers of the PNP Maritime Group Regional Maritime Unit-National Capital Region (RMU-NCR) during the operation at the Navotas Fish Port Complex on Dec. 4.
“Under the PNP internal cleansing program, any report of irregularity and misconduct by police personnel will be dealt with swiftly and decisively, no matter who is involved,” Sinas said.
PNP Maritime Group director, Brig. Gen. Omega Jireh Fidel, said Osias, who was misrepresenting himself as a member of the PNP Maritime Group, has been the subject of complaints from four drivers of fish delivery trucks at the fish port for alleged extortion activities.
Acting on these complaints, Fidel said operatives of RMU-NCR fielded undercover operatives disguised as truck helpers to entrap the suspect.
Undercover operatives pounced on Osias after receiving the marked money. He initially resisted and was subdued with a shot to the leg when he gestured to be reaching for something from his waistband, Fidel said.
"I commend the police operatives for these risk-taking efforts just to run after anyone who tries to besmirch the gains of many good cops and our agency at large," Sinas said. (PNA)
