TACLOBAN City – An employee of the Department of Environmental and Natural Resources (DENR) posing as a member of the New People’s Army (NPA) was nabbed for allegedly extorting money from a farmers’ group head.
The suspect, Mariano Donceras, 59, a resident of Brgy. 91, Abucay here, was entrapped by the Tacloban City Intelligence Unit Tracker Team.
Complainant Alex Aborita, 45, board chairman of Leyte Compact Farming Agriculture Cooperative and a former village chair of Brgy. Villaconzoilo, Jaro, Leyte, said he received a phone call from the suspect pretending to be a member of NPA and demanding revolutionary tax.
The suspect asked for P15,000 in exchange for Aborita’s protection.
He threatened to harm the complainant’s family if would not give in to his demand.
Capt. Winrich Laya Lim, head of the apprehending team, said they were able to recover the bogus money used in the entrapment operation.
Donceras was brought to Tacloban City Police Station 1 for proper disposition. (Marie Tonette Marticio)
