MANILA, Philippines—The Philippine National Police had cleared its former comptroller, Chief Supt. Eliseo de la Paz, for accountability of the 105,000 euros seized from him by Russian authorities last year during an Interpol seminar.

“He had returned the money to the PNP and we have cleared him,” Director General Jesus Verzosa told the Philippine Daily Inquirer Wednesday during the inauguration of a new police station in Quezon City.

However, Verzosa said De la Paz had not received his retirement benefits.

“He had to be cleared by the Office of the Ombudsman first before he could get his retirement benefits,” Verzosa said.

Verzosa added that the money returned by De la Paz had been transmitted to the national treasury.

He added, “as far as the PNP is concerned, with the money back with the PNP, the case is closed.”

Criminal charges against De la Paz stemmed from the seizure by Russian authorities of 105,000 euros ($136,363) from his luggage while leaving Moscow after an Interpol general assembly in October last year.