6 Malabon cops axed

MANILA, Philippines — Six police officers in Malabon have been relieved amid alleged lapses in serving a search warrant.

City police chief Col. Jay Baybayan said the officers were reassigned to the Malabon police headquarters pending a probe into the incident.

The subject of the search warrant identified only as “Tarajen” claimed that three plainclothes officers handcuffed him and failed to read his Miranda rights on Jan. 21.

Police searched his house and allegedly recovered a .38-caliber handgun.

Tarajen accused the police of planting evidence, saying they “immediately retrieved the gun from a box as if they already knew where it was hidden.”

He was released from detention after the prosecutor dismissed the charges.

A video of the alleged anomalous operation circulated online.