Cop nabbed for recycling seized drugs

MANILA, Philippines – The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) arrested yesterday a police officer in Sampaloc, Manila for allegedly reselling shabu and other illegal drugs seized in stings.

Police Officer 2 Jolly Allangan of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) anti-illegal drug unit was nabbed at his three-story house in Balic-Balic.

Allangan’s wife and cousin Jeffrey Gutierrez, said to be a civilian agent of the NCRPO, were also arrested in the operation.

The NBI conducted the raid after receiving information that a police officer from the NCRPO was moving drugs from the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa.

“We have received information about some people moving illegal drugs from the NBP. We worked on that until we got the name,” Max Salvador, chief of the NBI-National Capital Region, said.

Salvador said the raid on Allangan’s house yielded more than 100 grams of shabu, drug paraphernalia, several unlicensed high-powered firearms such as M-16 rifles and a vault containing P6.9 million in cash.

Reports said some of the drugs were flushed by the policeman’s wife down the toilet.

Salvador said Allangan was selling the illegal drugs recovered from police operations to several clients in Metro Manila.

“His customers would go to his house to pick up the contraband and the payment would be done through bank transactions or remittances,” Salvador said.

Allangan denied he was selling illegal drugs.

Photo shows the packs of shabu seized in a raid on Allangan's house by the National Bureau of Investigation. EDD GUMBAN