The Philippine Drug Enforcement
Agency warned the public of unscrupulous individuals posing as PDEA agents.
PDEA Director General
Undersecretary Arturo G. Cacdac, Jr. bared this following the recent arrest of
a police officer gone absent without leave (AWOL) and three others after
engaging in a shootout and car chase with members of the PNP Highway Patrol
Group.
The policeman, identified
as PO1 Khomenie Dacula, with three companions, was flagged down by HPG
operatives in Parañaque City, after they were acting suspiciously on board
their vehicle.
A brief gun battle ensued
resulting in the death of one suspect and the wounding of another.
Confiscated from the suspects
were seven fabricated PDEA green shirts and three firearms.
Cacdac said this tactic of
impersonating people in authority for evil purposes was not new. “The fact that
PDEA uniforms were seized from these suspects, including a police officer, indicate that the uniforms will be used for
illegal activities.”
The PDEA chief said unauthorized
wearing of PDEA uniforms, or insignia, is punishable under the Revised Penal
Code.
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