PNP axes 7 cops in missing Pogo raid cash case
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police (PNP) dismissed from the service seven officers linked to the missing money worth several millions seized from a raided alleged Philippine offshore gaming operator (Pogo).
The dismissal was stipulated in Special Order No. NHQ-SO-DS-2026-4478 and General Order No. NHQ-GO-DS-2026-2576. Both were effective May 12 and dated May 13.
The general order dismissed a police lieutenant colonel, while the special order dismissed a police executive master sergeant, a senior master sergeant and four patrolmen.
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In October 2024, the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) raided an alleged Pogo in Bagac, Bataan and confiscated P141.13 million in cash as evidence.
The implicated police lieutenant colonel took custody of the cash evidence in June 2025.
However, when he was reassigned in August 2025, the police lieutenant colonel allegedly did not turn over the cash evidence to the CIDG.
He only turned over the boxes to the CIDG in October 2025.
It was only when the boxes were unsealed by a court order in November 2025 that the police discovered P13.451 million of the money had been supposedly replaced with fake bills.
The missing money was then traced by investigators to the six other implicated police officers.
The PNP has yet to detail whether the missing money had been returned. /gsg
