The Philippine National Police (PNP) warned on Sunday, Oct. 24, all its personnel to refrain from engaging in illegal activities following the death of a police sergeant who was tagged as the leader of a gun-running syndicate operating in Masbate. Police Staff Sgt. Garfilo Pahilino, Jr. died in a
PNP chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar (File photo) MANILA - Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar on Sunday lauded the Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group (IMEG) for its successful operation against a police officer allegedly linked in gunrunning activities in Placer, Masbate. "I commend the operatives of our Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group for their successful operation that led to the neutralization of a leader of a gunrunning syndicate in Masbate who was, unfortunately, one of our own," Eleazar said in a statement. PNP-IMEG chief Brig. Gen. Flynn Dongbo said Staff Sgt. Carfilo Pahilino Jr., who was assigned as an intelligence operative of the Placer Municipal Police Station, was killed in a shootout during an entrapment operation in Placer on Saturday. The IMEG operatives were about to arrest Pahilino after he allegedly sold three caliber .38 revolvers and one Norinco caliber .45 pistol to a poseur buyer, when the suspect drew a gun and