Two policemen who went absent without official leave (Awol) in 2014 were arrested on Thursday night for allegedly extorting money from a security guard being accused of rape. Jewel Nicanor said the trap was set just hours after a 28-year-old security guard called up the task force to report the extortion. The 20-year-old woman, who claimed to be Suarez’s cousin, later told him to just settle the matter with Suarez. PNP personnel records showed that Suarez was recently reinstated in his post under the NCRPO after being Awol since 2014. The two policemen remained in the PNP-CITF’s custody on Friday after being charged with robbery-extortion in the Pasay City prosecutor’s office.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 22, 2017 21:56 UTC