THE National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) has ordered the dismissal from service of 10 police officers involved in the “highly irregular” raid in a condominium in Parañaque City in September 2023 against Chinese nationals.
In a statement, NCRPO Director Major General Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. said the dismissed cops were former head of the Southern Police District (SPD)-District Special Operations Unit (DSOU) Police Lieutenant Colonel Jolet Guevara, who led the operations; Police Majors Jason Quijana and John Patrick Magsalos; Police Captain Sherwin Limbauan; Police Executive Master Sergeant Arsenio Valle; Police Staff Sergeants Mark Democrito, Danilo Desder, Roy Pioquinto and Christian Corpuz; and Police Corporal Rexes Claveria.
The 10 police officers were found guilty of various offenses, such as robbery, planting of evidence, abuse in the service of search warrant, violation of domicile, perjury, falsification of public documents, obstruction of justice and violation of police operational procedures and other directives.