An officer and a personnel of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) were arrested by operatives of the Philippine National Police’s Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) for allegedly extorting P2 million.

Authorities arrested BIR revenue district officer Bethshiba Bautista and examiner Rachel Villanueva in an operation conducted in the BIR building in Intramuros, Manila on Friday.

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