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Saturday, December 20, 2014

DOJ indicts top NAPOLCOM official in Zamboanga City



By Teofilo P. Garcia Jr

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Dec. 16 (PNA) – The Department of Justice (DOJ) has indicted a ranking government official who was arrested in an entrapment in this city.

Indicted on Monday for two counts of violation of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act and two counts Direct Bribery is Atty. Macapado Guro, National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM) regional director.

The DOJ indicted Guro after the Police Station 7 on Monday forwarded three criminal complaints against the official before the City Prosecutor’s Office.

Supt. Diomarie Albarico, Police Station 7 chief, however reported Tuesday the City Prosecutor “omitted” the robbery with extortion case against Guro.

Guro was arrested in an entrapment last Friday at a pension house in Barangay Sta. Maria, this city.

The entrapment was carried out after Guro allegedly demanded P10,000 from each of the two Isabela City policemen, who have pending cases at Napolcom, in exchange for dropping their pending administrative cases.

Meanwhile, Albarico said the respondent-official was released Monday as he managed to obtain “provisional liberty pending trial” after posting a total of P100,000 bail.

This came about after Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 13 Judge Eric Elumba granted Guro’s “Extremely Urgent Petition to Post Bail pending Preliminary investigation.” (PNA)
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