Cop nabbed for drugs in Muntinlupa not a ‘ninja cop’ — Albayalde

MANILA, Philippines — The rogue policeman arrested for alleged drug links in Muntinlupa on Wednesday is not a “ninja cop,” Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Oscar Albayalde said Thursday.

“Kahapon may nagtutulak na pulis pero ito hindi natin nakikita na ito ay sindikato (Yesterday, a police was caught pushing drugs but we don’t see this as a syndicate). When you say ninja cops it is more of a syndicate,” Albayalde told reporters in Camp Crame when asked about the rogue policemen.

PNP chief was referring to PSSg Raphael Aves Justo, who was apprehended by members of PNP-Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group (IMEG) and PNP Intelligence Group in a buy-bust operation at Barrio Karunungan in Poblacion, Muntinlupa City.

Police said Justo was assigned at the Office of the Regional Personnel and Records Management Division of National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO).

Records showed that the NCRPO ordered Justo suspended for 41 days from August 30, 2019, to October 9, 2019.

Police said they received a video from an IMEG informant showing Justo sniffing shabu (crystal meth) inside his home which he uses as a drug den.

Seized from him were marked money worth P2,000 and a sachet of crystal meth.

The suspect is now under custody of PNP-IMEG while filing of complaints is being readied against him. /je