Eight police chiefs in Metro Manila who failed to curb illegal gambling operations in their areas were relieved Thursday.
Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Archie Francisco Gamboa had warned officers to address illegal gambling in their jurisdiction or be relieved.
These reports were validated by the Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group through raids of gambling dens and seizure of video karera machines
Five of the relieved officials are assigned with the Southern Police
District. They are Captains Ricky Culanding, Rommel Bulan, and Marvin Oloan, chiefs of Police Community Precincts 1, 2 and 3 in Pasay City.
The other two were Majors Christopher Mercado and Elmer Gutierrez of PCPs 2 and 3 in Muntinlupa City. Also relieved was Maj. Fortunato Ecle Jr., officer-in-charge of the Cubao Police Station in Quezon City.
The remaining two are Majors Joebie Astucia and Merben Bryan Lago,
commanders of PCPs 3 and 5 in Caloocan City.
They were all reassigned to the Regional Police Holding and Accounting
Section of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) in Camp
Bagong Diwa, Taguig. DMS