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Bicol non-uniformed personnel jailed for drug trafficking

January 13, 2022 Alfred P. Dalizon 399 views

PHILIPPINE National Police Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group director Brig. Oliver Enmodias yesterday announced the arrest of a police non-uniformed personnel in Bicol region for involvement in illegal drug trafficking.

In a report to PNP chief General Dionardo Carlos, the official identified the now jailed NUP as Norberto Elopre alias “Obet,” assigned at the Magarao Municipal Police Station in Camarines Sur.

Members of the PNP-IMEG Luzon Field Unit, assisted by officers from the local Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, the PNP Criminal Investigation and Detection Group and the Camarines Sur Police Provincial Office, arrested the suspect during a sting at Zone 1, Bgy. San Miguel in Calabanga municipality at 5:20 p.m. Tuesday.

Seized from the suspect were four heat-sealed plastic sachets containing around seven grams of shabu worth P47,600 and the P15,000 worth of boodle money topped by one marked P500 bill.

Enmodias said that prior to the conduct of the entrapment operation, his men have placed the suspect under surveillance amid reports that some local drug personalities who have been arrested by the police have linked him to shabu trafficking in the municipality.

“We are intensifying our monitoring of policemen and non-uniformed personnel involved in all forms of illegal activities and we will apprehend them as soon as we have enough evidence. Our fight against criminality continues despite the many challenges we are currently facing,” said the official.

The suspect’s motorcycle was also impounded by the police. He is being held at the Calabanga Municipal Police Station lock-up facility facing non-bailable charges for sale and possession of prohibited drugs under Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.

Enmodias said they will also recommend to Police Regional Office 5 director Brig. Gen. Jonnel Estomo the conduct of summary hearing procedures against the accused for involvement in the grave misconduct case, which is punishable by dismissal from the force.

Enmodias said that Gen. Carlos have instructed them to go all-out against any police personnel, uniformed or non-uniformed, who are involved in corrupt activities specifically drug trafficking and robbery-extortion.

“This is part of the PNP leadership’s ongoing massive Intensified Cleanliness Policy aimed at penalizing undesirable members of the organization defying strict directives and other policies,” he said.

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