CAMP VICENTE LIM, Calamba, Laguna – Five persons, including two policemen, on Thursday were arrested for alleged robbery-extortion.
A report submitted to Police Regional Office 4A Director Brig. Gen. Carlito Gaces by Cavite Police Provincial Office head Col. Christopher F. Olazo, arrested were Cpl. Roderick Bajado, Staff Sgt. Randy Batonghinog and civilians Nemecio Sevilla, 38; Jacquiline Rubenacia, 40; and Jessa Rose Dalsaitan, 18.
Bajado is a member of the Dasmariñas City Police Station residing in Bgy. San Francisco, General Trias City, Cavite while Batonghinog is assigned at the Imus City Police Station and residing in Murphy, Cubao, Quezon City.
The three civilians are all residents of Bgy. Anabu 2-C in Imus, Cavite.
Combined operatives of the Philippine National Police – Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group (PNP-IMEG) Luzon Field Unit, PNP Special Action Force and the Cavite police arrested the suspects in an entrapment operation at the Orchard Residential Estates in Bgy. Salitran 4 in Dasmariñas City at 5 p.m. last Thursday.
Officers launched the sting following a complaint from Egyptian national Mahmoud Ouda.
The Egyptian, who is married to a Filipina, complained that around 10 a.m. last Wednesday, Bajado and the three accused civilians went to his house in Orchard Residential Estates and told him he must settle a complaint for attempted rape.
The Egyptian said he was threatened with imprisonment and negative social media exposure that will destroy his reputation if he will not heed the suspects P200,000 demand.
Knowing that he did not commit anything wrong, the Egyptian sought the help of the PNP-IMEG in arresting the suspects.
An entrapment operation resulted in the arrest of the two cops and their three cohorts who yielded P112,000 worth of boodle money topped by two marked P1,000 bills.
