Alejandro Desuyo, 34, was hiding with his relatives on A. Lopez Street in Barangay Calamba when operatives from the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in Central Visayas (CIDG-7) served his arrest warrant past 9 p.m.
Desuyo tried to escape when he saw the CIDG team but was caught following a brief chase, said Inspector Delfin Bontuyan, team leader of the arresting team.
Desuyo was a police officer 2 before he was dismissed from the service in 2011 after he went on absence without leave in 2010 when murder charges were filed against him for killing his friend during a drinking spree in Lanao del Norte.
Judge Concordio Baguio of Iligan Regional Trial Court issued an arrest warrant on Feb. 12, 2012.
The CIDG-7 received information that the suspect was hiding with his relatives in Barangay Calamba. After a month of surveillance, the CIDG-7 enforced the arrest warrant.