ZAMBOANGA CITY, Zamboanga del Sur —- A police commander here was arrested, along with four other officers, for alleged robbery and extortion after an entrapment operation Monday.
Brigadier General Ronaldo Genaro Ylagan, director of the Police Regional Office 9, identified the officer as Major Orlyn Leyte, officer-in-charge of Police Station 9 in Barangay Ayala.
Leyte was nabbed after receiving P90,000 to settle a supposed drug-related case.
Leyte’s victim was the subject of an earlier drug buy-bust operation during which her jewelry and cash representing the weeklong income from her store were lost.
Leyte was on duty and wearing a police uniform when his colleagues collared…
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