THE Philippine National Police chief, Director General Edgardo Aglipay, said on Thursday police could arrest any suspects in a criminal case even without a warrant of arrest issued by a court.

The police chief said this kind of arrest is applicable when police are conducting hot-pursuit operations or similar ongoing operations on a recent crime.

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