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Environment exec nabbed for ‘extortion’
A Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) official in Calaca, Batangas, was apprehended in an entrapment operation for allegedly demanding P7 million in an extortion scheme.
The suspect, identified as the Officer-In-Charge of DENR CENRO Calaca, was caught receiving a portion of the supposed extortion money from a complainant.
The victim reported that the DENR official demanded P7 million in exchange for the issuance of an Alienable and Disposable Zones Certificate.
The suspect allegedly insisted on an initial payment of P1 million, threatening that the certificate would not be issued otherwise.
He was arrested for alleged violation of Article 294 (Robbery-Extortion) of the Revised Penal Code.
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