Are there many more like him?
“The Bureau of Customs revealed that the Philippine National Police recently arrested Freddie Castro Ruba, a Customs employee assigned at the office of North Habor Port Collector Rene Agulan,” reports ABS-CBNnews.com.
Also arrested along with Ruba was Rafael Reyes Sevilla, a contractual worker at the North Harbor.
Ruba had reportedly attempted to extort PHP15,000 from businessman Rodencio Brillantes in exchange for the release of the latter’s shipment—a 20-foot container van of noodles from Cebu.
Rodencio Customs Deputy Commissioner for Intelligence Jessie Dellosa about the extortion attempt.
Ruba will be charged for violating the bureau’s code of conduct for employees and policies governing civil servants.
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