MANILA, Philippines — Three traffic constables of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) were taken into police custody after figuring in a brawl in a restobar in Quezon City on Friday.
Joseph Lladones, 37; Rafael Aldrich Magtira, 25, and Mervinson Diaz, 30, were having a drinking binge in a bar in Barangay Pinyahan when Diaz had altercation with another customer, 45-year-old Ruel Castañeda, said Chief Superintendent Joselito Esquivel Jr., director of the Quezon City Police District.
QCPD Station 10 commander Superintendent Louise Benjie Tremor said both parties were drunk at the time of the incident.
“It was a brawl involving drunk people,” he said in a phone interview.
The MMDA constables were brought to Station 10 for investigation while Castañeda was rushed to the Jose Reyes Medical Center for treatment of his injuries.
Diaz also sustained bruises as a result of the commotion.