MANILA, Dec. 2 -- The Philippine National Police (PNP) has placed under restrictive custody six police officers of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) allegedly involved in stealing evidence money seized from a Philippine offshore gaming operator (POGO) raid in Bataan last October 2024, Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla said on Tuesday.

In a press briefing at Camp Crame, Remulla said a total of PHP141,133,483 was seized from the Bataan raid but a court on Nov. 19 ordered the return of the sum, along with other confiscated items, as it ruled that the operation was illegal after an inventory of the money revealed that around P13.4 million had gone missing.

"After careful investigation, the (CIDG) members involved in the ...