Kidnap raps filed vs 9 NCRPO men

The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has filed kidnapping charges against nine personnel of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) for the disappearance of two drug suspects in Manila in 2021.

In a complaint filed before the Department of Justice on Wednesday, NBI Task Force Against Illegal Drugs chief Ross Jonathan Galicia said NCRPO-Regional Drug Enforcement Unit (RDEU) personnel “forcibly abducted” Brent Michael Bravo and John Philip Viscarra at their apartment in San

Andres Bukid on April 17, 2021.

Included in the complaint for kidnapping and serious illegal detention are former NCRPO-RDEU chief Col. Ryan Jay Orapa, Lt. Jesus Menes; Staff Sgt. Robert Raz; Cpls. Alric Natividad, Troy Paragas, Ronald Lanaria, Ronald Montibon, Ruscel Solomon and Christal Rosita.

Their alleged assets Nicasio and Nicholes Manio, Angelo “Kulot” Atienza, and three aliases “Mark,” “Teng Teng” and “Ambo” were also included in the complaint. The two Manios are under NBI custody.

Meanwhile, police officers Menes, Raz, Natividad, Lanaria, Montibon, Solomon and their assets were also accused of robbery for allegedly stealing a safety deposit box which contained cash from the victims’ apartment.

This is the third kidnapping complaint filed against the cops for abductions “under the guise of buy-bust operations” done in the month of April 2021 alone, the NBI said in the complaint.

They were also accused of abducting Robert Caidoy, Rexcell Hipolito, Ahjong Dizon and Ivan Serrano in Sta. Cruz, Manila on April 7, 2021; and snatching siblings Gio and Mico Mateos, Garry Matreo, and Ronaldo Añonuevo in Cavite on April 13, 2021. Kidnapping complaints had also been filed before the DOJ.

Among the evidence submitted by the NBI are the coordination forms and pre-operation reports and clearances secured by the operatives to conduct the drug stings.

The NBI investigated the spate of kidnapping incidents under the guise of buy-bust operations in 2021 during the previous administration’s war on drugs, which killed thousands of mostly poor drug suspects for allegedly fighting back.