{"id":18026,"date":"2025-12-29T03:51:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T19:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/?p=18026"},"modified":"2025-12-29T03:51:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T19:51:41","slug":"8-cops-in-hot-water-for-alleged-robbery-in-pasig-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/2025\/12\/29\/8-cops-in-hot-water-for-alleged-robbery-in-pasig-city\/","title":{"rendered":"8 COPS IN \u2018HOT WATER\u2019 FOR ALLEGED ROBBERY IN PASIG CITY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>EIGHT policemen are under investigation after they were accused of robbing a house in an anti-narcotics operation in Pasig City.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>According to acting Philippine National Police chief Lt. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr., the accused personnel are all assigned at the Eastern Police District &#8211;<\/strong><strong> Drug Enforcement Unit.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The eight cops <\/strong><strong>were placed under restrictive custody at the Pasig City Police Station as the Internal Affairs Service, in coordination with the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO), investigates the incident.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The eight police officers were also disarmed of their service firearms.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nartatez said he will not allow a handful of bad eggs to drag down the police organization. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The top cop said that if proven to have committed the offense, the accused cops will not only be dismissed from the service but will also face jail time.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The official warned that abusive practices have no place in the PNP.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Initial investigation \u00a0showed the alleged robbery occurred at around 2:05 p.m. on Dec. 26 in Bgy. Palatiw, Pasig City.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>According to the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO), the eight police officers entered a house in Bgy. Palatiw in search of a drug suspect.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The residents reported that their personal belongings were taken, prompting them to seek assistance from the Pasig City Police Station.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>During verification, it was found out that there were no official documents presented to support the conduct of a legitimate anti-illegal drugs operation in the area.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NCRPO director Maj. Gen. Anthony A. Aberin said all those involved in the operation are set to undergo inquest proceedings.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EIGHT policemen are under investigation after they were accused of robbing a house in an anti-narcotics operation in Pasig City. According to acting Philippine National<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18027,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18026"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18026"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18028,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18026\/revisions\/18028"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}