An anti-narcotics policeman who was arrested in Manila last week on drug charges has accused agents of the National Bureau of Investigation of extortion and planting of evidence.
In his counter-affidavit submitted before the Department of Justice, Police Officer 2 Jolly Aliangan claimed that NBI agents asked him to give them P6.9 million in exchange for the dropping of the case against him and his wife, Rosalie, who was also arrested by the NBI during a raid in his house.
Aliangan asked Assistant State Prosecutor Jocelyn Dugay during the preliminary investigation to dismiss the complaint against them. The NBI opted not to respond to the counter-affidavit.
The Aliangan couple and a certain Jeffrey Flores Gutierrez were charged before the DoJ for violation of Republic Act 9165 or the Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, Illegal Possession of Firearms and Ammunitions and Obstruction of Justice.