POLICE operatives arrested a female extortionist who posed as a staff member of Senator Ping Lacson during an entrapment operation Friday at a prosecutor’s office in Malolos, Bulacan.
Central Luzon police director Chief Superintendent Aaron Aquino identified the suspect as Dina Joson-Castro, who allegedly extorted money from the family of a man who was arrested on illegal gun possession charges.
In his after-operation report, Supt. Ruel Cagape of the Special Concern Unit of the Regional Intelligence Division said Castro received P30,000 from the victims in exchange to fix the case. Three other companions of Castro whom the police did not identify were also arrested.
Before the entrapment operation, Aquino said Castro called him and introduced herself as a staff of Lacson and inquired about the case of a certain Roel dela Cruz but Aquino ordered his men to verify with the office of Lacson and discovered that Castro was not a staff member.
“Castro managed to lure the mother and sister-in-law of Dela Cruz the amount of P320,000 with promises of a speedy resolution of the case,” Aquino said.