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THE Pasig City police chief cannot
account for the raid a Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team
conducted at the Light Rail Transit (LRT) compound in Santolan,
Pasig.
Sr. Supt.
Francisco Uyami was reportedly unable to explain the raid to the
Eastern Police District (EPD) director, Chief Supt. Luisito Ticman,
and LRT Authority chief, Mel Robles.
Uyami also
failed to identify the 12 SWAT men who conducted the raid.
At a meeting
at the LRTA offices in Pasay City, the three officials discussed the
February 14 incident where the SWAT men swarmed all over the LRTA
compound supposedly to investigate a bomb threat.
Robles could
not believe Uyami’s claims that he did not know any of the SWAT
men nor was he aware of what happened during the “raid,” when
records from the Pasig City hall indicate otherwise.
Ticman
lectured Uyami on the importance of maintaining an atmosphere of
peace and order at the LRT.
The raiders,
their nameplates covered and armed with handguns and assault rifles,
were led by Sr. Insp. Reydante Ariza and Senior Police Officer 3
Andreo Mendez.
The presence
of the SWAT team panicked the public utility vehicle drivers who
were using the compound as a terminal.
 --Jeannette
I. Andrade
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