PNP, PDEA personnel face criminal raps over Commonwealth shootout

Inter-agency investigators gather evidence and inspect the lifeless body found inside a van following a bungled encounter between operatives of the PNP and PDEA at a fastfood chain along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City on Wednesday night, Feb. 24, 2020. The STAR / Miguel de Guzman

MANILA, Philippines — The National Bureau of Investigation has filed criminal complaints against Philippine National Police officers and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency personnel over a botched anti-drug operation in February where four people died.

The NBI, the agency assigned by President Rodrigo Duterte to probe the shootout between government agents, filed homicide complaints or violation of Article 249 of the Revised Penal Code against four PDEA agents and one police officer before the Department of Justice.

A PDEA agent and eight police officers are also facing complaints of attempted homicide, under Article 249 of the RPC.

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