PO1 Ferdinand Cruz Rafael was arrested for his alleged involvement in the use and sale of shabu.

MANILA, Philippines — While the Philippine National Police is busy with the internal cleansing of their ranks, another policeman was arrested by the personnel of National Capital Region Police Office or NCRPO in Sampaloc, Manila Thursday night.

The arrested cop, identified as PO1 Ferdinand Cruz Rafael, 52 years old, and assigned at the district Admin holding unit of the Manila Police district, was reportedly involved in use and sale of shabu.

A concerned citizen reported Rafael’s alleged illegal activity.

The NCRPO’s Regional Special Operations Unit and Regional Drug Enforcement Unit immediately carried out a buy-bust operation together with the staff of MPD.

The group was even able to capture a video of the alleged rogue cop using shabu.

This led to the arrest of PO1 Rafael who was found in possession of suspected shabu worth P102,000. Authorities also recovered the 1,000 buy-bust money and drug paraphernalia.

Rafael, however, refused to comment on the allegations against him.

Meanwhile, NCRPO Police Director Guillermo Eleazar said, authorities are yet to verify Rafael’s status in the MPD .

He has a prior record of going absent without leave in his first assignment at PNP.

When the arrested cop was interrogated, he could not even identify who his immediate superior is.

Eleazar scolded him, saying, “Ano kang klaseng pulis ka? Ni hindi mo alam ang pangalan ng district director mo. Hindi mo alam ang first name nung iyong immediate supervisor, (What kind of policeman are you? You don’t even know the name of your district director. You do not know the first name of your immediate supervisor).”

The NCRPO chief warned his fellow policemen that PNP will not stop the internal cleansing of its ranks and will continue to go after dishonest law enforcers.

Eleazar stressed, “Sa ating mga kasamahan na kapulisan , eh alam naman natin itong ginagawa nating war on drugs eh para sa kabutihan ng lahat . Pero kinakailangan na tayo mismong myembro ng PNP ang manguna sa pagpapatupad nito at hindi pupwede na meron tayong kasamahan na kagaya nito na involved sa droga (For us law enforcers, we know that our war on drugs is for the welfare of everyone. But it is necessary that we members of PNP ourselves should be leading this and it is not acceptable that we have people in our ranks like this who are involved in drugs).”

PO1 Rafael will be facing charges for possession and selling of shabu. — Freema Salonga-Gloria (with reports from Asher Cadapan Jr.)

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