(Photos courtesy of IMEG)
MANILA – Members of the anti-scalawag unit of the Philippine National Police (PNP) arrested two active police officers and a dismissed police officer for various crimes.
In a statement Thursday night, PNP - Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group (IMEG) chief Brig. Gen. Warren de Leon said Master Sgt. Joey Cauila, assigned at the Gattaran Municipal Police Station (MPS) in Cagayan province, was arrested in Tuguegarao City on Nov. 7 for a complaint of violation of Republic Act 9262 (Anti-Violence against Women and their Children Act of 2004).
De Leon said the complaint was filed by Cauila’s wife sometime in 2022 due to his failure to give financial support.
The complainant's identity was withheld.
The accused is currently detained at the Gattaran MPS.
Also on Nov. 7, Pat. Micheal Angelo Basa was arrested by the IMEG Luzon Field Unit (LFU) while on duty at the 1st Provincial Mobile Force Company in Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija on charges of grave threat under Article 282 of the Revised Penal Code.
Basa is detained at the Cabanatuan City Police Station for documentation and disposition pending the issuance of a commitment order from the court that issued the warrant of arrest against him.
On Nov. 6, the IMEG-LFU and other PNP units arrested dismissed cop Marvin Jay Pagulayan in Quezon town in Isabela for estafa under Article 315 of the Revised Penal Code.
The complainant said Pagulayan defrauded him by promising to process the titling of his land in exchange for PHP16,000.
The suspect, however, did not fulfill his promise and did not respond to messages after receiving the money.
The suspect is now detained at the Quezon Municipal Police Station in Isabela. (PNA)
