The first week of yuletide month will not be lucky for an ex-cop said the Philippine National Police Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group (PNP-IMEG) Director, PBGEN WARREN F DE LEON, after he was arrested for a crime of Robbery with Violence Against or Intimidation of Person by virtue of Warrant of Arrest.

In his statement, PBGen De Leon said that IMEG operatives of Visayas Field Unit Team 8 (Lead Unit), together with personnel of IDD-IMEG, Provincial Intelligence Unit, Samar Police Provincial Office, Catbalogan City Police Station, Pasay City Police Station and 35th SAC, SAF served the Warrant of Arrest against Ex-Pat Rogie Mark Abawag formerly assigned at Regional Mobile Force Battalion, Police Regional Office 8, Capoocan, Leyte at New West Crame, Quezon City.

The operation stemmed from the Warrant of Arrest issued by Hon. Esteban Villanueva Dela Peña, Acting Presiding Judge, Regional Trial Court, Branch 29, Catbalogan City for the crime of Robbery with Violence Against or Intimidation of Person (RPC Art. 294) with bail recommended amounting to PhP100,000.00.

As a backgrounder, sometime in April 27, 2023 at about 7:06 AM, a robbery hold-up incident transpired at Imelda Park,Brgy. 7, Catbalogan City, Samar
victimizing a student at Catalogan City. Said incident was allegedly perpetrated by a certain Rogie Mark Abawag, legal age, single, jobless and a resident of Brgy. 13, Catbalogan Ctiy, Samar and a former member of the PNP who resigned from the service dated May 21, 2019.

The arrested accused is now temporarily detained at the Catbalogan City Police Station, Samar Police Provincial Office, Police Regional Office 8 for documentation prior to the return of warrant to issuing Court.