The Philippine National Police-Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group on Friday reported that members of its anti-scalawag unit nabbed two active police officers and a dismissed police officer for various crimes.

PNP-IMEG chief Brig. Gen. Warren de Leon — in a statement in Manila — disclosed that Master Sgt. Joey Cauila, assigned at the Gattaran Municipal Police Station in Cagayan province, was arrested in Tuguegarao City last 7 November for a complaint of violation of Republic Act 9262.

De Leon said the complaint was filed by Cauila's wife sometime in 2022 due to his failure to give financial support and that the accused is currently detained at the Gattaran MPS.

Also on Tuesday, Pat. Micheal Angelo Basa was arrested by the IMEG Luzon Field Unit while on duty at the 1st Provincial Mobile Force Company in Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija on charges of grave threat under Article 282 of the Revised Penal Code.

Basa is detained at the Cabanatuan City Police Station for documentation and disposition pending the issuance of a commitment order from the court that issued the warrant of arrest against him.

Last 6 November, the IMEG-LFU and other PNP units arrested dismissed cop Marvin Jay Pagulayan in Quezon town in Isabela for estafa under Article 315 of the Revised Penal Code.

The complainant said Pagulayan defrauded him by promising to process the titling of his land in exchange for P16,000 but the suspect, however, did not fulfill his promise and did not respond to messages after receiving the money.