00:00There will be a meeting later to discuss how to implement these warrants of arrest against
00:08the particularly, not only the 20 active personnel, and we also know that there are 3 retired there,
00:161 resigned, 2 dismissed, and aside from the active, of course, we also need to serve the
00:24warrants of arrest against those former PNP members.
00:29The Philippine National Police will start arresting 29 of 30 former police officials
00:33and personnel implicated in the alleged planting of evidence and mishandling of a high-profile
00:38case involving the seizure of more than 900 kilos of shabu worth 6.7 billion pesos in
00:44Tondo, Manila in October 2022.
00:46This comes after the Honorable Gwynne Kalina of RTC Branch 44 of the National Capital Judicial
00:52Region issued a warrant of arrest on the suspects for violation related to the Republic Act
00:579165, Section 92, or bungling in the prosecution.
01:01According to Police Regional Office 3 Director and PNP Spokesperson Police Brigadier General
01:06Gene Fajardo, the PNPS formed a task force to oversee the service of warrants of arrest
01:11against the accused.
01:12What he wants is to completely dismiss the cases of the police who are still active because
01:19of their involvement in this questionable police operation.
01:22Currently, 20 of the accused are all accounted for, with five from the NCRPO, four from Police
01:35Regional Office 1, two from PRO4A, three from PRO4B, one from PRO7, one from CSG, three
01:43from HSS, and one from PIHAW.
01:45The active PNP officials and personnel with warrants of arrest include two lieutenant
01:49colonels, one police major, and two lieutenants.
01:52The police will also track down the nine other former personnel no longer in service, including
01:57two generals.
01:58General Fajardo added that besides the charge under Section 92, the accused also face other
02:03non-bailable cases for planting of evidence.
02:06Of the 30 initially charged, two have been compulsorily retired, one resigned, three
02:10took optional retirement, two dismissed from service, and 22 still in active service.
02:15Ryan Lisigues, from the National TV Network, for a new and better Philippines, kamkrame.
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