THREE individuals posing as agents of the National Bureau of Investigation were arrested by the Parañaque police last Saturday during an attempted extortion incident.
The Paranaque police said the incident took place in Barangay Tambo when the suspects, identified only by their aliases Bernard, Lenon and John, entered a food establishment in the area and told the employees they were NBI agents.
They presented a fraudulent search warrant, alleging the store was selling illegal tobacco and cigarettes.
The report submitted to the office of Southern Police District Director Brig. General Bernard Yang said the three threatened the store’s cashier and demanded that the owner pay P100,000 to avoid legal problems for selling illegal tobacco products.
The suspects also proceeded to dismantle the store’s closed-circuit television cameras but the commotion was noticed by security guards of another establishment who intervened.
The security guards called personnel of the nearby Tambo police station for assistance.
Responding police officers recovered the fake search warrants used by the suspects.
NBI National Capital Region Deputy Chief of Staff Joseph Eufemio Martinez denied the suspects were their agents.
Investigation showed the three were also involved in an attempted extortion at a spa in Parañaque City on September 1, where they also posed as NBI agents and threatened the business owner.
The suspects are detained at the Paranaque police station detention center, facing charges of robbery extortion, usurpation of authority, grave threat, malicious mischief, and falsification of documents.