Brigadier General John Guyguyon, BARMM regional police director (seated) signs a document after the CIDG-BARMM tracker team arrested him based on two warrants for syndicated estafa issued by two separate courts in Quezon City. (Photo from CIDG-BARMM)
COTABATO CITY — Agents of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) arrested on Wednesday night the police chief of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).
A report from the CIDG-BARMM said two arrest warrants from courts in Quezon City were served around 9:30 p.m. to Police Brigadier General John Guyguyon for syndicated estafa at his quarters in Camp SK Pendatun in Parang town, Maguindanao del Norte.
Guyguyon did not resist arrest.
The tracker team of the CIDG Regional Field Unit in the Bangsamoro region had coordinated with Brigadier General Gil Tria, deputy regional director for administration of the BARMM police, in serving the warrants.
Judge Catherine Pespes Manodon of Regional Trial Court Branch 104 issued the warrant dated December 1, 2022, and Judge Kathleen Rosario dela Cruz-Espinosa, Regional Trial Court Branch 91 issued the warrant on May 20, 2022.
The courts did not recommend any bail.