A MANILA cop will face summary proceedings for his alleged involvement in a kidnapping case in Manila.
Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief, Police General Guillermo Eleazar, ordered the Internal Affairs Service (IAS) to immediately initiate summary dismissal proceedings against the policeman identified as Patrolman Wilfredo Mindanao, who was assigned at the Police Security Protection Group,
Mindanao was caught together with his alleged cohort, Romeo Aday, after allegedly kidnapping a man whom they claimed to have caught in possession of illegal drugs.
Aday, reportedly a driver, allegedly introduced himself as an agent of the National Bureau of Investigation to the victim last Friday (November 5) under the Trece De Agosto Bridge in Barangay 679 in Paco. Aday claimed that the victim was under arrest for possession of methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu.
The report said the suspects detained the victim in Mindanao’s residence in Paco, Manila and demanded P50,000 from him in exchange for his liberty.
After receiving a complaint from a vendor who witnessed the alleged kidnapping, policemen from the Manila Police District’s Paz Police Community Precinct PS 5 located the suspects and found them illegally detaining the victim.
Responding police officers recovered the following: one plastic sachet containing suspected shabu; and three cellular phones.
PGen Eleazar said that the MPD is conducting a deeper probe into the incident.
“I commend the MPD for its quick action in arresting these suspects and the rescue of the victim,” he said.
Mindanao will face summary dismissal raps apart from criminal complaints of serious illegal detention and usurpation of authority, which were filed in the Manila Prosecutor’s Office against him and his cohort, according to PGen Eleazar.
“We cannot allow these few rogues in the service to destroy the public’s confidence on the PNP now that we have made strides in regaining our kababayan’s trust. I am warning those policemen who will continue to undermine our mandate and erode the institution, you will be caught and made to face the consequences of your wrongful actions.”