Binangonan Police Station’s alleged civilian assets Albert Domingo alias Joel and Pablo Dolfo alias Botchok. (Courtesy of PNP PIO)
MANILA – Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, Gen. Debold Sinas, on Thursday ordered a deeper investigation on the Binangonan Municipal Police Station following the arrest of two “civilian assets” for alleged extortion activities.
Sinas directed Calabarzon PNP director, Brig. Gen. Felipe Natividad, to place Binangonan police chief, Lt. Col. Ferdinand Ancheta, under investigation for command responsibility over alleged extortion activities of his subordinates that was confirmed in the entrapment operation on Tuesday by the PNP Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group (IMEG) right in front of the town hall.
“I will not let this incident pass without implementing appropriate criminal and administrative action against those involved," Sinas said.
The IMEG operation resulted in the arrest of Albert Domingo alias Joel, and Pablo Dolfo alias Botchok, both civilian assets of Binangonan Police Station.
Domingo and Dolfo were identified by IMEG as the persons who extorted money from a certain Stephen Kellu in exchange for the release of an impounded motor vehicle.
During the entrapment operation, IMEG operatives also discovered that a "person under police custody", Cpl. Archieval Perez, who is facing non-bailable charges for infidelity in the custody of prisoners, was outside the detention facility and serving as lookout during the extortion pay-off using two mobile phones for communication, IMEG director Col. Thomas Frias Jr. said.
Kellu also identified six members of Binangonan Police Station as involved in the alleged extortion.
They are Senior Master Sgt. Randy Andanar; Staff Sgt. Joel Acosta; Staff Sgt. Joe Sevillena; Cpl. Allan Alvarez; Cpl. Marson Tayaban; and Cpl. Ew Armenis.
All six were placed under monitoring and investigation by IMEG. (PNA)
