THE newly formed police Counter Intelligence Task Force tapped by PNP Chief Ronald dela Rosa to rid the organization of scalawags have arrested two rogue members allegedly extorting money in Manila.
Operatives of the CITF under Sr. Supt Chiquito Malayo nabbed SPO2 Rodito Maglayun and PO3 Rowel Candelario on Quirino Avenue and Mother Ignacia early on Sunday following a complaint from a motorist.
The two policemen are members of the Manila Police District on United Nations Avenue, and they are accused of shaking down motorists”•mostly taxi drivers”•during the wee hours.
The CITF said Magluyan and Candelario were arrested after someone posing as a driver handed over P250 in marked money allegedly being demanded by the two policemen.
The two were brought to the Crime Laboratory Office in Camp Crame for examination and both tested positive for ultra-violet powder, the CITF said.
The Manila City Prosecutor’s Office recommended filing robbery and extortion charges against the two who are now detained at the CITF headquarters in Camp Crame.
The CITF was formed last month following the suspension of President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on illegal drugs to shift to ridding the PNP of rogue policemen.
Dela Rosa said the two policemen and 387 other policemen charged with various offenses will be transferred to Basilan, Tawi-Tawi and Sulu next week.