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As part of a zero-tolerance policy for corruption in the Interior Ministry, the Peruvian National Police (PNP) captured three officers and a civilian who demanded money from people who had been arrested, in exchange for stopping the regulatory police procedure.
The intervention was the result of an operation against the criminal gang "Los Cómicos de Apolo", which operated from the PNP Apolo Police Station, incurring in crimes against the public administration-concussion and against life, body and health-minor injuries.
This criminal group was mainly made up of two non-commissioned officers and an ensign, who requested economic benefits from the people involved, money that was deposited in bank accounts of third parties, in collusion with the gang.
The results of this police operation were presented by the Minister of the Interior, Walter Ortiz, who congratulated the work of the police officers involved and stressed that the frontal fight against corruption will continue as a clear commitment of his administration.
"We are after more victims of these events and we call on them to come to the police station in order to support the complaint in a more forceful way, the fight against corruption will continue," he said.
From the PNP Apolo Police Station, in La Victoria, he indicated that the operation included the raid of four properties and the exhaustive review of various documents of this police headquarters, which could be linked to this alleged case of corruption.
For his part, the Deputy Minister of Internal Order, Juan José Santiváñez, who also attended this presentation, remarked that the misconduct of some police officers will not dent the heroism and vocation of service of good police officers.
"We're going to be extremely rigorous, extremely severe. Let all citizens know that we are going to receive their complaints and we are not going to tolerate any act that aims to disturb the image of the National Police," he said.
Agents from the Anti-Corruption Directorate (Dircocor) and the Division of Crimes against the Public Administration (Dividcap), as well as personnel from the General Directorate of Intelligence (Digimin), participated mainly in this important police operation.
In addition, the Second Provincial Corporate Prosecutor's Office Specialized in Crimes of Corruption of Officials of Central Lima intervened.
