7 cops charged with murder, arbitrary detention over fake drug bust in Bulacan

Murder and kidnapping charges have been filed against seven personnel of the intelligence and drug enforcement unit of the San Jose del Monte City police in Bulacan for allegedly detaining six men and killing two of them in what the law enforcers claimed to be an anti-drug operation. The STAR / Edd Gumban, file

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Justice has charged seven police officers for murder and arbitrary detention over a fake buy-bust operation in Bulacan in February 2020 where six people were said to have been forcibly taken and two were later killed.

In a statement on Tuesday, the DOJ said the prosecution panel recommended the filing of six counts of murder under Article 248 of the Revised Penal Code and six counts of arbitrary detention under Article 124 of the RPC against the seven police officers of San Jose Del Monte City Bulacan Police Station, Intelligence Section/City Drug Enforcement Unit (CDEU).

The following police personnel are facing charges:

• PSSg. Benjie Enconado
• PSSg. Irwin Joy Yuson
• PCpl. Marlon Martus
• PCpl. Edmund Catubay Jr.
• PCpl. Harvy Albino
• PCpl. Herbert Hernaded
• Patrolman Rusco Virnar Madla

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