Proliferation of rogue cops rued; 1,000 fired

Around a thousand rogue police officers have been dismissed from service but many more are still in the rolls of the Philippine National Police (PNP), President Duterte rued on Thursday.

Addressing a business forum held at the Manila Hotel, the President has bewailed the presence of crooked, erring police officers, including the ‘ninja cops’ involved in the illegal drugs trade.

“Ninja cops” “Ninja cops” are police officers who recycle and re-sell illegal drugs seized in legitimate police operations.

“Ginagawa ko ‘yung trabaho ko. Marami na. Pulis we have dismissed about a thousand. But I know... Pagka ‘yung itong mga walang hiya na ito – hindi naman lahat. Ang pulis fundamentally they are allright I am doing my job. There are many. We have dismissed about a thousand police officers. They are shameless but not everyone. The policemen are fundamentally allright],” he said.

“But there are simply too many scalawags also, lalo na Maynila, t*** i** itong ninja cops, they are still in the business of drugs. But there are simply too many scalawags especially in Manila. These sons of b*tches ninja cops, they are still in the business of drugs,” he added.

R5-M bounty The President renewed his resolve to fight corruption and illegal drugs, including weeding out police officers involved in such irregularities.

Last August, the President called on the “ninja cops” to surrender after raising the bounty for every dead rogue policeman to R5 million.

14K scourge

The President, meantime, said the illegal drug smuggling in Asia were being controlled by the 14K Triad. He said the foreign drug cartels were using cargo shipments to smuggle drugs into the country.

“We are suspecting the intelligence community that it is the 14K Triad who is handling drugs now in Asia,” he said.