PDEG Police Brig. Gen. Narciso Domingo (left) and PDEG Particular Operations Unit Area 4A chief Police Col. Julian Olonan maintain a press convention at Camp Crame, Quezon Metropolis on April 11, 2023. INQUIRER.internet file picture / Religion Argosino
MANILA, Philippines — Former Philippine Nationwide Police Drug Enforcement Group (PNP DEG) chief retired Brig. Gen. Narciso Domingo claimed {that a} syndicate was behind the P6.7-billion drug case towards them, urging Inside Secretary Jonvic Remulla to rethink.
Warrants of arrest are out for 29 cops, together with Domingo, for planting of proof and delay, and bungling within the prosecution of a drug case, stemming from the allegedly staged arrest of Police Grasp Sergeant Rodolfo Mayo in Manila in October 2022.
In a video posted on his private Fb account on Friday night, Domingo claimed that then-Inside Secretary Benhur Abalos and incumbent Inside Secretary Jonvic Remulla have been ill-informed in bringing the instances towards them.
“It (referring to the operation) was supposedly God’s method para, as soon as and for all, makilala natin yung mga drug lords sa bansa. Pero hindi na rin nangyari yun dahil six months after the operation ay nagpasabog si Secretary Benhur Abalos ng kabaligtaran na storya,” Domingo stated.
(It was supposedly God’s method in order that, as soon as and for all, we’d know who the drug lords are in our nation. However that didn’t occur as a result of six months after the operation, Secretary Benhur Abalos gave an explosive story that was completely unfaithful.)
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“Syempre, yung mga sindikato na yan ay gustong iligtas si Mayo at gustong iligtas yung mga sarili kaya gumawa ng istorya na pinaniwalaan nila (referring to Abalos and Remulla),” the previous DEG chief added.
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(After all, the syndicate there desires to save lots of Mayo and needs to save lots of themselves in order that they made their very own story that they believed.)
Throughout his tenure as Division of the Inside and Native Authorities (DILG) chief, Abalos accused the cops behind the operation of a “grand try” to cowl up for Mayo.
“Grand try? Ilang minuto pa lang nung nahuli namin si Mayo, minessage ko agad yung bata niya, na nahuli namin si Mayo,” Domingo stated.
(Grand try? A couple of minutes after we caught Mayo, I messaged his subordinate… that we caught Mayo.)
The PNP is an hooked up company of the DILG.
Additional, the previous DEG chief stated closed circuit tv (CCTV) footage of the incident – which “spoke for itself,” based on Abalos – was inadmissible in courtroom as a result of it was not extracted by an knowledgeable however by an intelligence officer on Domingo’s staff.
READ: DILG chief to Azurin: CCTV video speaks for itself; bolsters cover-up plan on drug case
Remulla changed Abalos final October, when the latter resigned to run for a Senate seat within the elections this coming Might.
Equally, in a Malacañan press briefing final January, Remulla bared an alleged “grand conspiracy” to hide crimes throughout the ranks of the PNP, in connection to the Mayo case. He later clarified that he meant solely the officers concerned within the incident.
READ: Remulla clarifies declare of PNP ‘conspiracy,’ says solely 41 cops concerned
“Ang hindi mo nakita, itong mga witnesses mo, sila Sergeant Mayo, Colonel Ibanez, Colonel Gonzales at Main Salmingo ay, wala pang PDEG, mga anti-drugs operatives na mga yan,” Domingo addressed Remulla.
(What you didn’t see, these witnesses of yours, Sergeant Mayo, Colonel Ibanez, Colonel Gonzales at Main Salmingo, PDEG hadn’t existed but and so they have been already anti-drug operatives then.)
“Tapos ako ang paparatangan mo na kabago-bago, first time ko ma-assign ng isang anti-drug unit na PDEG?” Domingo added.
(And also you accuse me, somebody who’s new and is on his first time being assigned an anti-drug unit in PDEG?)
He added the medicine seized throughout the October 2022 operation have been collected below the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
“Kaya yung sinasabi mo na dahil sa reward system ay hinuli namin yan, hindi. Kung dahil sa reward system ng earlier administration, dapat pinatay na namin yang si Mayo. Pero hindi, buhay na buhay hanggang ngayon,” Domingo stated.
(That’s why, with what you stated that we solely pursued him due to the reward system, that’s not true. As a result of if we did comply with the reward system of the earlier administration, we must always’ve killed Mayo. However no, he’s properly and alive to today.)
“Nandiyan ang Directorate for Intelligence ng PNP… PDEA (Philippine Drug Enforcement Company) at Nationwide Intelligence Coordinating Company (NICA) para makilala mo kung ano talaga ang tunay na pagkatao nitong mga witnesses mo,” he added.
(There’s the Directorate for Intelligence of the PNP… the PDEA and the Nationwide Intelligence Coordinating Company to be able to get to know the actual identities of your witnesses.)
This screengrab is from a video posted on the private Fb account of former Philippine Nationwide Police Drug Enforcement Group (PNP DEG) chief retired Brig. Gen. Narciso Domingo posted on Friday, Jan. 31, claiming {that a} syndicate was behind the P6.7-billion drug case towards them. (Screengrab from video by Narciso D. Domingo/Fb)
Domingo additionally addressed Nationwide Police Fee (Napolcom) Vice Chairperson Ricardo Bernabe within the video.
The Napolcom has introduced administrative instances towards 41 officers concerned within the case, with three instances topic to the choice of the Workplace of the President as a result of they have been presidential appointees.
READ: Admin case vs 12 cops tagged in ‘conspiracy’ dismissed – Napolcom
(You really useful that we be dismissed, us three presidential appointees? Two of them have already been dismissed since 2023. I’m the one one left. What class of an investigation is that?)
The previous DEG chief then stated Division of Justice (DOJ) chief Boying Remulla met with him with Prosecutor Basic Richard Anthony Fadullon and Nationwide Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Assistant Director Lito Magno to make sure the case towards Mayo was “hermetic.”
He then addressed Fadullon, saying: “Para sa bayan lang tayo. Karma is actual.”
‘Rethink case’
The previous DEG chief appealed to the federal government to rethink the case.
Domingo addressed DILG chief Remulla, “Dito sa kinasuhan mo na 30 (together with Mayo), baka wala sa kalahati diyan yung concerned talaga.”
“Please evaluation and rectify your filed instances. Buhay at pamilya ng mga pulis ang pinag-uusapan dito. Habang-buhay mo dadalhin ‘yan. Ang mga reklamong ito ay base lamang sa mga salaysay ng boss ni Mayo,” he added.
(Please evaluation and rectify your filed instances. Lives and households of policemen are being talked about right here. You’ll carry this for all times. These complaints are primarily based solely on the narratives of Mayo’s boss.)
Domingo didn’t title whom he was pertaining to.
Additional, he appealed to President Marcos, asking him to “deliver again widespread sense and order over this brouhaha, over this miscarriage of justice.”
INQUIRER.internet has sought feedback from PNP Public Info Workplace chief Col. Randulf Tuaño, PNP Spokesperson Brig. Gen. Jean Fajardo, former DILG chief Abalos, incumbent DILG chief Remulla, DOJ chief Remulla, and Prosecutor Basic Fadullon. It has but to obtain a response.
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9 extra officers have but to be below police custody, based on Fajardo in a press briefing at Camp Crame final Monday.
“Sa mga pulis at sa NBI na magsisilbi sa mga warrant na iyan, maghunos-dili kayo dahil sa, nabanggit ko na kanina, diskarte ng mga tunay na mga kalaban natin yan para makaganti doon sa nalugi nilang seven billion sa amin na nakahuli at mailigtas yung bata na si Mayo at mga kasabwat ni Mayo,” Domingo stated.
(To the police and NBI that can serve these warrants, ponder your subsequent strikes as a result of, like I stated, this can be a technique by our actual enemies in order that they will get revenge for his or her seven-billion loss on us who seized it and save their subordinate, Mayo, and his cohorts.)
Mayo was initially arrested at round 1:00 p.m. on Oct. 8, 2022 alongside Bambang Road in Tondo for possessing two kilograms of shabu.
He was then delivered to the WPD Lending Workplace with the arresting officers and, as seen on footage, escorted out and in of the placement thrice between 1:39 and a pair of:16 p.m.
On the Palace briefing with DILG chief Remulla, Bernabe stated the speculation was that Mayo was directed to open the vaults.
After extra senior officers arrived on the scene, at 4:45 p.m., an anti-drug operation was declared, by which workplace caretaker Ney Atadero was arrested and the shabu was confiscated. Nevertheless, Mayo was excluded from the declared operation.
At 7:50 p.m., Mayo left with officers to conduct a “follow-up operation in Pasig Metropolis,” however then-PNP Chief Gen. Rodolfo Azurin Jr. ordered that Mayo be returned to WPD Lending Workplace.
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The officers concerned then staged a scorching pursuit operation to arrest Mayo at Quiapo Bridge at 2:30 a.m. on Oct. 9 “in an try to deal with the irregularities in Sergeant Mayo’s earlier arrest and to cowl up his subsequent launch,” based on Bernabe.