129 detainees, 2 cops in Caloocan police station to undergo swab tests

MANILA, Philippines — More than 120 detainees and two police officers at the custodial facility in Caloocan police station will undergo swab tests after two of the “Piston 6” contracted the coronavirus disease, city police said Friday.

“129 PUPCs (persons under police custody) and four police officers,” Caloocan police chief Col. Dario Menor told INQUIRER.net in a text message.

Menor said the two policemen guarding the custodial facility were transferred to a designated quarantine facility.

Meanwhile, Menor said 129 inmates were separated from the general population of detainees at the Custodial Facility Unit.

To recall, six jeepney drivers from the transport group Piston were detained at Caloocan police station after staging a protest in Caloocan.