Cop arrested in P6.7-B drug bust dismissed from service —PNP

The policeman who was arrested in a drug buy-bust operation resulting in one of the biggest hauls in the country’s history has been dismissed from service, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said Tuesday.

PNP chief Police General Rodolfo Azurin Jr. said Police Master Sergeant Rodolfo Mayo Jr. is no longer in the service, according to a tweet of Super Radyo dzBB reporter Mark Makalalad.

In October 2022, Mayo was arrested as authorities confiscated some 990 kilograms of suspected shabu with an estimated value of over P6.7 billion following a series of anti-drug operations in Manila .

Mayo is an intelligence officer for the PNP Drug Enforcement Group, based on police records.

The PNP Drug Enforcement Group said the first operation was conducted along Jose Abad Santos Street in Barangay 252, Tondo, Manila, which led to the arrest of 50-year-old suspect Ney Saligumba Atadero.

During the interrogation, Atadero said the illegal drugs' storage was located inside the office of a lending firm in Sta. Cruz, Manila.

Another operation was carried out to nab another individual named by the suspect. Mayo was arrested in Quiapo during the operation. —Joviland Rita/KG, GMA Integrated News