Published July 3, 2021, 2:47 PM
ILOILO CITY – Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Police Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar has ordered an investigation on the alleged killing of a man who was mistaken for a drug suspect during a buy-bust operation here last June 29.
“I understand that there is already a motu proprio investigation on this, but with this allegation, I have already tasked the Internal Affairs Service to look into this new information so we can be enlightened,” Eleazar said in a statement released by the PNP.
The man, Karl Daniel Bolante, was allegedly killed by elements of the Police Station 1 and the City Drug Enforcement Unit (CDEU) last June 29 in Barangay North Baluarte in Molo District.
Published June 30, 2021, 8:45 AM
The Internal Affairs Service (IAS) is now investigating the death of a suspected drug pusher who was shot dead after a buy-bust in Iloilo City on Tuesday night, June 29.
IAS Inspector General Alfegar Triambulo said a motu-proprio investigation is now being conducted part of the protocol to probe police operations that would result in the death of suspects or policemen.
Col. Roger James Brillantes, head of the IAS Western Visayas, identified the slain suspect as 29-year old Karl Daniel Bolante. HIs cohort John Dave Mendoza was arrested.
Based on the initial result of the investigation, Brillantes said local anti-narcotics operatives conducted a buy-bust after a poseur buyer as able to negotiate for the purchase of illegal drugs against the two suspects.