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CHIEF Inspector Bienvenido Reydado, a member of Philippine National Police Academy Class 1999 is facing what could be the greatest battle in his young career with no less than President Aquino watching. Supposedly a bemedalled police officer, Reydado and his men from the PNP Criminal Investigation and Detection Group s Pampanga Provincial Office got the surprise of their lives when their office in Angeles City was raided how to clean your dishwasher by their colleagues from Camp Crame Monday afternoon. The raid was made on the strength of a search warrant for violation of Republic Act 1866 or illegal possession of firearms, explosives and ammunition as amended by RA 8294 and another warrant for violation of RA 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 issued by Quezon City Vice Executive Judge Bernelito Fernandez. * * * CIDG director Chief Superintendent Benjie Magalong, with a holstered gun was there to supervise the raid, the first time in the PNP s colorful 23-year history how to clean your dishwasher that police secured a warrant to search a police office. how to clean your dishwasher Reydado, clutching his M-16 automatic rifle at first tried to resist the raiders led by Supt. Alexander Tagum of PNPA Class 1991 but later gave up when surrounded by the heavily-armed CIDG agents from Camp Crame. It was a case of good PNPAyers and Peemayers going up against rogues in the service. In front of Magalong, Reydado denied the charges against him and said he is ready to face investigation but that would not end there. I was informed by the CIDG director that the raid at the Pampanga CIDG s office is just the start of a wide-ranging investigation ordered by PNP chief General Alan Purisima. how to clean your dishwasher * * * I learned that President Aquino has been briefed about the alleged illegal activities of some officers and men of the Pampanga CIDG. It actually started from a tip followed by a series of background investigation and most importantly, statements from several witnesses. It is actually unfolding: a major shakeup of drug personalities involving the concerned CIDG personnel. Their modus operandi goes like this: They will arrest a drug trafficker and confiscate the stuff he is carrying. how to clean your dishwasher They will later ask the suspect to pay them millions in pesos in exchange for his release without charges. After the ransom is paid, the cops will release the suspect and sell the drugs in the underground market. The bangketa cycle is repeated how to clean your dishwasher again and again, Magalong, who vowed to make major changes in the CIDG within the next six months, told me. * * * On a hot Monday afternoon, at least 12 persons including some officers and men of the Pampanga CIDG were taken into custody by their colleagues during the raid at their Angeles City office which resulted in the seizure of several high-powered weapons and ammunition. A K-9 team from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency also searched the Pampanga how to clean your dishwasher CIDG office and several vehicles in the compound located near a garbage dump for drugs. Yes, you can smell the stench of decaying garbage and even dead animals in that area. The 12 include how to clean your dishwasher some armed civilian agents of the Pampanga CIDG. An angry Magalong immediately ordered the administrative relief and investigation of Reydado and his men. The Pampanga CIDG personnel were ordered transferred to the CIDG Personnel how to clean your dishwasher Holding and Administrative Unit in Camp Crame after being subjected how to clean your dishwasher to a drug test by the PNP Crime Laboratory. * * * There will be a massive investigation as a result of this raid. We re looking at the involvement of other police officers and men outside the CIDG too, Magalong told me inside Reydado s office which was adorned ironically by some framed People s Journal and People s Tonight articles on his accomplishments. Magalong was referring how to clean your dishwasher to some policemen said to have been in cahoots with the Pampanga CIDG or have earned some quick bucks after cooperating with the accused. how to clean your dishwasher Recovered how to clean your dishwasher inside the CIDG Pampanga office were at least six semi-automatic pistols, a caliber .22 revolver, a 12-gauge shotgun, three M-16 automatic rifles, two grenades and hundreds of rounds how to clean your dishwasher of assorted ammunition. Some of the weapons were believed to be evidence confiscated from arrested offenders in the past but were not turned over to proper custodians or the court. I was told that several of them were unlicensed, including the M-16 rifle taken from Reydado. * * * The raid was the product of a massive crackdown against rogues in the 148,000-strong police force including those assigned in the PNP-CIDG how to clean your dishwasher ordered by Gen. Purisima. We have a number of witnesses who have spilled the beans about th