VCS chief wants complaint first before lining up his men for ID

A formal complaint must be filed first, the chief of the City Police vice control section said, before he accedes to put his men on a police line up to identify the five men that held an illegal search for drugs at a house in barangay Lorega-San Miguel Thursday afternoon.

Senior Inspector George Ylanan said the Internal Affairs Service personnel already went to his office and requested for a line up based on a complaint of a 42-year-old woman against the five "raiders", who she suspected to be city policemen.

Emiliana Luayon went to the IAS and filed a complaint against the five for conducting an illegal search in her house at sitio Lower Lumar of the barangay.

She did not know who they were but they, in plainclothes, allegedly barged into her house, accused her of being a drug pusher and searched the rooms for drugs.

She later learned from her neighbors that the men allegedly belong to the Crime Suppression Unit and the Vice Squad, and one of them even inquired around the area about someone named "Ging-ging" that has allegedly been residing in her house.

Luayon denied knowing somebody named Ging-ging, and that she never met any person in their neighborhood with that name.

The men, who have badges hanging from their necks, called her "Ging-ging" even if it was not her name. They later showed her a pack of shabu that their asset had bought from her earlier, she said.

"Pag-abli nako sa pultahan gidiretso ra nila og duot ang pultahan kay mag-buy bust kuno sila. Giingnan ko nila nga ipagawas nalang ang mga butang 'Ging' mao to ako silang giingnan nga dili Gingging akong pangalan," Luayon said while pointing to her left leg that was hurt when hit by the door that the men forcibly opened.

She said she asked them for legal basis of barging in her house but they just showed her pack of shabu that they insisted came from her, and ordered her to yield other drugs in her possession.

Luayon denied to them that she was a drug pusher but they went on to search every room of the house, and scattered their clothes and belongings purportedly for hidden illegal drugs. Finally finding nothing, they left her house, she said.

One of the men however warned her that they would be back, prompting her to report the matter to the IAS, said Luayon.

One of the men, based on Luayon's description, was short and stocky and has a mole in his left lower cheek. He was the one who showed her the shabu pack and insisted that it came from her, she said.

Ylanan told The Freeman that there has been no order for his men to conduct a search in the area of Luayon so far. - Edwin Ian Melecio