A police officer discovered to be facing rape allegations has been seized for using the EDSA bus lane.

According to the Department of Transportation - Special Action and Intelligence Committee for Transportation (DOTr-SAICT), the officer had taken the busway along the main avenue station at the peak of rush hour on Monday.

When confronted by traffic enforcers, he identified himself as a member of the Philippine National Police (PNP), prompting the SAICT to verify his claim with the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG).

It was through this probe that authorities found he had been evading arrest for a rape case from almost a decade ago, February 22, 2016.