An engineer of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), who was among the accused in alleged anomalous flood control project in Oriental Mindoro, was arrested at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 in Pasay City, the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) said yesterday.
The CIDG identified the accused as DPWH Mimaropa (4B) Planning and Design Division officer-in-charge Montrexis Tamayo, who was arrested shortly after his arrival via an Emirates Airline flight on Tuesday afternoon.
“Upon arrival of the flight, arresting personnel approached the subject for verification using an identification card as Montrexis Tordecilla Tamayo. The arresting team informed him of the nature of the warrants, and the arrest was effected without incident,” the CIDG said in its report.
Tamayo was reportedly in Jordan when the arrest warrant was issued against former Ako Bicol party-list Rep. Zaldy Co and at least 14 other officials of Sunwest construction firm and the DPWH, for graft and malversation cases, which were filed by the Office of the Ombudsman.
Maj. Gen. Robert Alexander Morico II, CIDG director, said Tamayo had already been brought to the Sandiganbayan “for the return of the warrant of arrest and commitment to the designated jail facility.”
The arrest of Tamayo brought to nine the total number of accused in the flood control-related charges now under government custody.
