LEGAZPI CITY—A policeman posing as a member of the New People’s Army to allegedly extort money from businessmen in the region has been arrested by operatives of the Camarines Sur police provincial command based in Pili, Camarines Sur.
Bicol police regional director Melvin Buenafe identified the policeman as Police Officer Gilbert San Juan Embestro, 40, of the Pamplona Municipal Police Station. Buenafe also ordered an investigation into the involvement of other policemen in a suspected extortion ring, saying Embestro “could not have worked alone.”
Embestro was arrested after an entrapment operation at a money remittance outlet in Naga City. He claimed the money was sent to him by China Geo Construction Corp., based in Capalonga, Camarines Sur. It also dovetailed with reports an extortion ring was harassing contractors throughout the Bicol region.