Azurin approves dismissal of cop tagged in P6.7B shabu seized in Manila in 2022

Gen. Rodolfo Azurin, Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), has approved the dismissal from the service of a police sergeant who was tagged in the almost a ton of shabu that were confiscated in a drug bust in Manila last year. PNP spokesperson Col. Jean Fajardo said Azurin approved the recommendation of the Internal Affairs Service (IAS) on March 6. “He is still detained inside a custodial facility of the BJMP (Bureau of Jail Management and Penology) in Taguig City while the trial on the criminal case filed against him is ongoing,” said Fajardo. Mayo yielded two kilos of shabu when he was arrested in Manila in October last year. His arrest was made a few hours after operatives of the PNP Drug Enforcement Group (PDEG) discovered more than 900 kilos of shabu in a lending agency which he allegedly owned in Sta. Cruz, Manila. Police estimated the seized illegal drugs in Manila last year at P6.7 billion. Mayo was an intelligence operative of the PDEG-National Capital Region at the time of his arrest. The incident was among the reasons why third level officers of the PNP were asked to submit a courtesy resignation amid allegations that recycling of illegal drugs is still rampant in the police organization. Fajardo said Mayo did not submit any counter-affidavit at the time of the investigation on the administrative cases filed against him. “He did not submit a counter-affidavit and this was deemed as a waiver of his right,” said Fajardo. Fajardo said the dismissal of Mayo was a clear and stern message from Azurin that the PNP does not tolerate wrongdoings in its rank.

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Azurin approves dismissal of cop tagged in P6.7B shabu seized in Manila in 2022

By Aaron Recuenco

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