ILOILO CITY – A New People’s Army (NPA) rebel was arrested for attempted extortion in Makato town, Aklan province. The 3rd Infantry Division (ID) of the Philippine Army identified the suspect as “Prince Egudas.” He was arrested by the 3rd ID Civil-Military Operations Battalion and the Aklan...
Members of the Navotas City Police Station (NCPS) arrested a man and a woman on Saturday, April 15,  after they posed as personnel of a water service provider and tried to extort money from a fish vendor in Navotas City. NCPS Chief Col. Allan Umipig identified the suspects as Ralph Vincent...
A policewoman assigned to the Makati City Police was arrested in an entrapment operation on Saturday, March 18, for extorting money from her fellow officers in exchange for a job reassignment. The police identified the suspect as Police Corporal Michelle Ann Repolles. Philippine National...
SAN CARLOS CITY, Pangasinan (PNA) – Authorities arrested a local broadcaster and his three companions for alleged robbery-extortion in this city and confiscated guns and ammunition in their custody. In a phone interview on Monday, Feb. 6, Pangasinan Police Provincial Office director Col. Jeff...
NUEVA ECIJA – A man who tried to extort money from a farmer by pretending to be a member of the New People’s Army was arrested during an entrapment operation in San Leonardo, Nueva Ecija on Tuesday, Feb. 7. Nueva Ecija Police Office director Colonel Richard V Caballero said that John (not his...
CEBU CITY – A police officer was arrested by the Philippine National Police Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group for allegedly extorting money from a motorist here on Wednesday, Jan. 25. Staff Sgt. Paul Dennis B. Traya, traffic investigator of the Mambaling Police Station, was arrested in...
PINUKPUK, Kalinga – Police arrested three persons who posed as National Bureau of Investigation employees for extorting P10,000 from a funfair owner in Tumauini, Isabela on Thursday, Jan. 19. A report to Brig. Gen. Mafelino Bazar, Police Regional Office-Cordillera director, from Col. Charles...
A 27-year-old traffic enforcer was arrested for allegedly extorting money from a Dutch man in Quezon City on Monday, Jan. 16. Quezon City Police District (QCPD) Novaliches Police Station (PS4) identified the suspect as Ronnie Campomanes Santos, a traffic enforcer of the Quezon City Department of...
CALASIAO, Pangasinan – Police arrested a 62-year-old reporter for allegedly extorting money from a businessman in Barangay Poblacion East here on Wednesday, Jan. 11. A report from Col. Jeff Fanged, Pangasinan Provincial Police Office chief, to Brig. Gen. John Chua, director of Police...
Agents of the Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group of the Philippine National Police (PNP-IMEG) arrested on Monday, Nov. 28, a former overseas Filipino worker (OFW) for allegedly posing as a policeman to extort money from the relatives of a dead man in Talisay, Batangas, PNP-IMEG director...
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) sacked four of its enforcers in connection with the alleged extortion attempt on a motorist in Bocaue, Bulacan over the weekend, the video of the incident went viral on social media. LTO chief Jose Arturo Tugade said he also summoned the four traffic enforcers...
A pre-charge investigation against three personnel of the Paco police community precinct (PCP) under the Manila Police District (MPD) who were arrested after allegedly extorting from a tricycle driver has begun, the the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) reported Sunday, August 21....
