1 of 3 suspects in P2-M extortion try in Albay is a security guard, PNP clarifies | Inquirer News

1 of 3 suspects in P2-M extortion try in Albay is a security guard, PNP clarifies

By: - Correspondent / @msarguellesINQ
/ 02:58 PM December 17, 2020

LEGAZPI CITY –– One of the three men initially reported to be all police officers, who were arrested over a P2 million extortion attempt, was a security guard, the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Bicol clarified on Thursday.

Major Maria Luisa Calubaquib, Bicol police spokesperson, clarified in a telephone interview that suspect Jay Quides, 41, of Barangay Pantao of Libon town in Albay province, was a security guard and not a Police Staff Sergeant as initially reported in a police report.

Reports said Quides and his wife, Melody, posed as members of the Concepcion Crime Group and allegedly hatched the robbery extortion against lawyer Paulino Fernandez.

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The husband-and-wife tandem and two police officers were caught in an entrapment operation by a joint national, regional, and provincial Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) team in Barangay Salugan in Legazpi City on Tuesday, Dec. 15.

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The CIDG operatives caught the suspects receiving the entrapment money around 3 p.m. at a designated area along the Maharlika Highway in Barangay Salugan.

The arrested policemen––Staff Sergeants Ernan Mullasgo, and Gerald Capuz––both of the police station in Camalig town in Albay, have issued a statement denying involvement in the robbery extortion, Calubaquib said.

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