Ninja Cops News Today

The government's review of the alleged involvement of some police officers in the illegal drug trade will be completed in two weeks, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Tuesday.

“Ninja cops” and their informants declare only 30 percent of a drug haul then recycle and convert the rest of the confiscated items into cash, according to Rep. Robert Ace Barbers.

Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos characterized his appeal for top cops to submit their resignations as a “shortcut” to the “lengthy” judicial process of filing cases in court and securing convictions against those involved in the drug trade.

A ranking police official is under investigation after it was found out that he was the one who reassigned to the Philippine National Police Drug Enforcement Group a policeman who was later implicated in the storage of nearly a ton of methamphetamine hydrochloride shabu worth P6.7 billion seized in Manila last October.