National Police chief General Debold Sinas ordered on Thursday a deeper investigation into reported irregularities at the Binangonan Municipal Police Station in Rizal following the arrest of two civilian agents for alleged extortion.
Sinas ordered Calabarzon regional police director Brig. Gen. Felipe Natividad to place Binangonan chief of police Lt. Col. Ferdinand Ancheta under investigation for command responsibility over allegations of extortion involving his subordinate personnel that was confirmed in an 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 vowed.
The IMEG operation resulted in the arrest of Albert Domingo, alias Joel, and Pablo Dolfo, alias Botchok, both civilian “assets” of the 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,” Corporal 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, according to IMEG director, Col. Thomas Frias Jr.
Kellu, the complainant, also identified six members of Binangonan Police Station as involved in the alleged extortion.
They are: Senior Master Sgt. Randy Andanar, Staff Sgts. Joel Acosta, Joe Sevillena, Corporals Allan Alvarez, Marson Tayaban and Ew Armenis.