Operatives of the Philippine National Police’s Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) have arrested a suspect for alleged extortion by soliciting P350,000 from each applicant for the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG).
The CIDG, in collaboration with the PCG Intelligence Division, apprehended the suspect, identified as alias “Morris,” in an entrapment operation along P. Campa St. corner España Blvd. in Sampaloc, Manila on May 22.
Morris, also tagged as a former Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) agent was collared while receiving money from PCG applicants, CIDG chief Maj. Gen. Nicolas Torre III said in a press statement.
The applicants said Morris represented himself as having connections and influence in the PCG on account of his former job as a PDEA agent.
Editor’s Note: This is an updated article. Originally posted with the headline: “PCG, CIDG arrest ex-PDEA agent suspected of swindling”
