Danao cops accused of stealing, planting evidence

The camp of a village official, who was caught in a drug bust, accused the anti-narcotics personnel of Danao City Police Station of planting evidence and stealing P180,000 cash from him.

Supt. Jaime Quiocho Jr., city police chief, said there is no truth to the allegations, saying that the operation against Sandayong Sur Barangay Councilor Archie Gomez Cañas was legitimate.

The accusations against his team were circulated on Facebook, a social networking site.

A certain Bro Arms sent a private to message to SuperBalita Cebu, accusing the operatives of irregularities.

He further said that Cañas was not known to be involved in illegal drug trade.

Quiocho challenged the aggrieved party to press charges against them, so they can answer with sworn statements, not in social media.

Cañas, Quiocho said, had apologized to the operatives for the negative comments and asked his relatives to delete their posts.

The police official was told by his chief intelligence officer, PO3 Phil Restauro, that the village official’s name had surfaced in 2010 as one of the drug personalities operating in the city.

Cañas was not caught after he reportedly went lay low in his operations.

Last March 19, operatives seized 22.2 grams of white crystals believed to be shabu worth P265,500 from the suspect, who is now facing a case for violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. /