2 Pasay cops accused of extorting drivers slapped with criminal rap

The Philippine National Police (PNP) has filed before the Department of Justice (DOJ) a criminal case against two of its men arrested last Tuesday for alleged extortion of bus and van drivers at an illegal terminal in Pasay City.

Police Officer 2 Jerry Jubail and Police Officer 1 Michael Domalanta, both of Malibay Police Community Precinct (PCP), were brought to the DOJ for inquest proceedings.

The two are facing a complaint for robbery-extortion under Article 294 of the Revised Penal Code by arresting officers from the Philippine National Police-Counter-intelligence Task Force (CITF).

In the charge sheet, the CITF said Jubail and Domalanta were caught receiving marked money in an entrapment operation.

The CITF conducted the operation after receiving a complaint that Jubail and Domalanta were allegedly extorting from P300 to P500 from van and bus drivers in exchange for allowing them to take passengers at illegal terminals in the area.

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