By Zaldy Comanda
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet – A total of 186 wanted persons, including 30 who are in Top Most Wanted Persons (TMWP) lists, are now in jail after being arrested in separate manhunt operations conducted by the operatives of Police Regional Office (PRO) Cordillera for the month of January this year.
According to PRO Cordillera Director Police BGen. R'win Pagkalinawan, the series of operations was conducted region-wide to arrest all wanted criminals charged for various offenses was in adherence with the marching orders of the Philippine National Police (PNP) leadership to intensify, reinvigorate and focus on the anti-criminality drive and anti-insurgency efforts of the government.
Of the 186 wanted persons neutralized, 30 were listed in the TMWP. One is listed in the regional level's TMWP; nine in the provincial level and 20 in the municipal level, while 156 fell under the category of other wanted persons .
Leading the list of arrested persons was Cordillera’s number 8 Top Most Wanted Person (TMWP) identified as Jheyrald Cayas Genove. He was captured in Lower Wangal, La Trinidad, Benguet for the crime of two counts of rape with no bail recommended.
Another notable achievement was the arrest Abra’s no. 6 TMWP identified as Alfredo L Tampoy Sr. who was nabbed at Brgy. Bao-yan, Boliney, Abra for two counts of acts of lasciviousness with a recommended bailbond of P180,000.
In Apayao, the no. 5 TMWP was Aljhmar Bawat Dam-at, 25, farmer,of Aga, Pudtol, Apayao. He was held for the crime of rape, while the no. 8 TMWP Emerson Pante Calapati, 32, carpenter, of Brgy. Gulpeng, Pinili, Ilocos Norte was caught for the crime of double frustrated homicide.
In Benguet, No.8 TMWP as Judilyn P. Daclis, 37, was attesyed, while the No. 10 TMWP Arjay Olita Daguio, 28, was seized in his residence in Lengaoan, Buguias, Benguet.Daclis was accused of estafa with no bail recommended while Daguio was charged for Violation of Section 10 of RA 7610.
In Ifugao, Jose Pugong Y Buhe, 53, no. 1 TMWP, caretaker of Globe Cell Site at Ap-apid, Tinoc, Ifugao was arrested for the crime of murder, while Roy Wallat Gopeng, a.k.a "Chong-Chonglon", 43, laborer, of Sitio Kha'chan, Barangay Buninan, Mayoyao, Ifugao was apprehended for the crime of frustrated murder.
Finally, the two most wanted persons of Kalinga identified as Marcial C Pallat, no. 1 most wanted person charged for the crime of rape was captured in Brgy. Bantay, Tabuk City, Kalinga and Freddie B Sangab, no. 8 TMWP was apprehended for attempted rape in Pinococ, Pinukpuk, Kalinga.
Pagkalinawan lauded the highest performance of Baguio City Police Office with 97 arrests followed by Benguet PPO with 31; Abra PPO- 19; Kalinga PPO- 18; Ifugao PPO- 12; Apayao-5; and the least which is Mountain Province PPO recorded 4 arrests.