PAGADIAN CITY – Military authorities are holding a naval officer who was a suspect in the 2014 murder of a marine official in Manila, officials said Wednesday.
Officials said Lieutenant Junior Grade Benjie Chico was arrested in Zamboanga Sibugay’s Imelda town where military and police agents tracked him down. Chico was implicated in the killing of Marine Lieutenant Shelina Calumay, whose body was found inside her car in Fort Andres Bonifacio in Taguig City.
Capt. Ben June Cerbo, of the Western Mindanao Command, has confirmed the capture of Chico, who had gone on leave without permission from his superior, until his arrest.
“A Navy officer on AWOL (absent without official leave), tagged as one of the suspects behind the killing of Marine Lieutenant Shelina Calumay, was arrested by joint elements of the military and police in Zamboanga Sibugay. Lieutenant Junior Grade Benjie Chico was nabbed by joint operating troops of the Naval Intelligence Security Group; 44th Infantry Battalion; 3rd Air Division, Philippine Air Force (3rd Air Division); and Imelda Municipal Police Station in Barangay Poblacion, Imelda, Zamboanga Sibugay,” Cerbo said.
Cerbo did not give any details on Chico’s arrest or whether his alleged involvement in the killing of Calumay; or whether weapons were seized from the officer at the time of his capture. (Mindanao Examiner)
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