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Fake cop arrested in Bacolod

Published Nov 30, 2025 09:56 pm
A FAKE police officer was arrested in an entrapment operation in Barangay Singcang-Airport, Bacolod City on Saturday, Nov. 29. (BCPO)
A FAKE police officer was arrested in an entrapment operation in Barangay Singcang-Airport, Bacolod City on Saturday, Nov. 29. (BCPO)

BACOLOD CITY – A fake police officer was arrested in an entrapment operation in Barangay Singcang-Airport here on Saturday, Nov. 29.

The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) identified the suspect as John, 38, from Koronadal City who posed as “Police Major Calsado” to extort money.

Police Lt. Col. Antonio Benitez Jr., head of the City Intelligence Unit (CIU),  said the operation was conducted following complaints for extortion and false representation as a police officer to deceive victims.

Recovered from the suspect were P3,000, P18,000 boodle money, a sedan, and a cellphone.

Benitez said they had been monitoring the suspect since September when he started allegedly transacting with his victims.

The suspect’s modus was to  threaten his targets with fabricated buy-bust operations unless they paid him. 

Benitez added that the suspect would  monitor live media reports of buy-bust operations to identify potential targets.

The suspect would allegedly negotiate with the drug suspect’s family, offering them assistance in the case, in exchange for money, Benitez said.

He said that one complainant was victimized by the suspect 16 times, and claimed to have been extorted a total of P700,000.

The suspect faces cases of robbery extortion and usurpation of authority.

Benitez encouraged other victims to surface to enable them to file additional charges against the suspect who tried to escape from authorities during the entrapment but was subdued. 

Motorcycle crash

Three persons, including a public school teacher, were killed in a motorcycle collision in Hacienda Alipion, Barangay Lalagsan, La Castellana town, Negros Occidental province early Sunday morning, Nov. 30.

Police identified the fatalities as Yong-yong, his backrider Itsoy, both laborers and residents of Barangay Cabagna-an, La Castellana; and Vicente, 46, a public school teacher and a resident of Barangay Tinongan, Isabela, Negros Occidental.

Yong-yong and Itsoy were traveling to La Castellana from Isabela town when they collided with Vicente’s motorcycle going to Isabela road. 

Police Capt. Jose Michael Muñez, deputy chief of the La Castellana Municipal Police Station, said that the victims were reportedly intoxicated when the accident happened past 1 a.m.

Both drivers were declared dead on arrival in a hospital, while Itsoy later passed away.

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