Currently there are 15,000 military troops and 715 civilian police.
Even though the armed forces were considered to be less corrupt than the civilian police, their record was far from clean.
The civilian police say it is nothing to do with them.
For the rest, international civilian police and aid workers are more appropriate.
Offenders could be sent home or turned over to civilian police, depending on the offense.
These included 54,935 troops, 2,193 military observers and 1,635 civilian police officers.
More serious cases, like narcotics, are handed over to civilian police for investigation.
An investigation began immediately, the army said, and the civilian police took part because some of the suspects were not in the military.
The civilian police are to be the only government agency with the power to arrest criminals.
He called that a job for civilian police or intelligence officials.