ILAGAN, Isabela—For allegedly asking some P400,000 from a businessman charged with illegal possession of firearms, Supt. Antonio Abellon Jr., the head of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group Unit here, was axed from his post.

“The suspect’s allegation that my men, upon my orders, were asking him for a pay off to settle his case of illegal possession of firearms was purely baseless and concocted,” Abellon lamented.

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