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MANILA – Forty-seven personnel of the Philippine National Police - Drug Enforcement Group (PDEG), including a former chief, were found to have criminal and administrative liability in the massive cover-up involving PHP6.7 billion worth of confiscated shabu in Manila last year, a police official said on Saturday.
“Forty-seven lahat sila PDEG kasama si Brig. Gen. Narciso Domingo. Yun ang i-presscon namin bukas. Ilalatag namin sa inyo kung ano yung inumpisahan namin, nagawa namin, natapos namin, recommendation naming, at mga gagawin pa namin (There are 47, all of them PDEG, with Brig. Gen. Narciso Domingo. That's our presscon tomorrow. We will present to you what we started, what we did, what we finished, our recommendation, and what we will do next),” Philippine National Police Directorate for Investigation and Detective Management Director, Maj. Gen. Eliseo Cruz, said in a phone interview.
Domingo was relieved of his post after the controversy on the case of now-dismissed Police Master Sgt. Rodolfo Mayo Jr., who yielded 990 kg. of shabu during an anti-drug operation on Oct. 8, 2022.
On April 10, Interior Secretary Benjamin Abalos presented closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage that showed the actual operation.
Abalos told the police generals and several other police officers seen in the video footage to go on leave within the week or face suspension after the investigation by the National Police Commission.
In an order signed on April 12, Domingo was forced to go on leave based on the directive of Abalos. (PNA)
