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MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police (PNP) maintained that the confrontation between Highway Patrol Group (HPG) and Bureau of Customs (BOC) personnel during an operation in Bulacan was an “isolated incident.”

In a press briefing in Camp Crame on Wednesday, PNP public information chief Col. Allen Rae Co said the agency’s chief, Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr., ordered their Directorate for Investigation and Detective Management (DIDM) to look into the incident.

“We value our relationship with the BOC. This is an isolated incident,” Co stressed.

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