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Bacolod police nab 8 online sellers of overpriced alcohol, face masks

Published Mar 29, 2020 12:00 am
By Glazyl Masculino BACOLOD CITY - The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG)-Bacolod arrested eight persons, including a barangay councilor, and a government employee in separate entrapment operations here this week for allegedly selling overpriced alcohol, and face masks. Operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG)-Bacolod check on several containers of alleged overpriced alcohol placed on a pick-up truck during an entrapment operation which resulted in the arrest of four persons, including a village councilman at Barangay Villamonte, Bacolod City Saturday. (CIDG-Bacolod Photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG)-Bacolod check on several containers of alleged overpriced alcohol placed on a pick-up truck during an entrapment operation which resulted in the arrest of four persons, including a village councilman at Barangay Villamonte, Bacolod City Saturday. (CIDG-Bacolod Photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Chief Master Sgt. Ramiro Gocotano, CIDG-Bacolod officer-in-charge, said that these individuals took advantage of the global crisis on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, wherein alcohol is one of the necessities in hygiene and sanitation. The CIDG’s recent apprehension led to the arrest of Mary Grace Alojipan, 43, a government employee; Kagawad Janice Fernandez, 48, and George Chua, 55, all residents of Barangay Poblacion 1, Pontevedra, Negros Occidental; and Bacolod resident Ricardo Uy, 52, of Barangay 17. Gocotano said that the four suspects were arrested at B.S. Aquino Drive in Barangay Villamonte on March 28, after the police transacted with Alojipan online for 25 containers of alcohol. Gocotano said that they received information about her online selling of alcohol. When they decided to meet that day, Chua and Uy delivered the items to them on board a Ford Ranger pick-up, Gocotano said. He said that they recovered the ordered items, and 18 more containers of alcohol from the two male suspects. Alojipan was tailing the vehicle on board a Toyota Wigo driven by Fernandez when authorities also recovered from the barangay official’s car six containers of alcohol. He said that a total of 49 containers of Ethyl alcohol worth P130,000, and boodle money were recovered from the four suspects. A container is filled with 18 liters of alcohol allegedly sold at P3,900 each, which is in contrast with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) suggested retail price (SRP) of P2,673 per container in P148.50 per one liter, he added. He said that the alcohol also poised risk to buyers because it was not properly processed to be used by consumers. He said the suspects alleged that they were getting the items from a supplier here. "They've been selling it for a week now,” he added. The CIDG-Bacolod head also said that they arrested online seller John Earl Sycay, 30, of Barangay Singcang-Airport, and Jimboy Valencia, 28, of Barangay Alangilan, that day at Libertad Market in Barangay 40, for the same offense. Authorities seized from them 23 bottles of unlabelled alcohol allegedly sold at P350 per liter each, in contrast with the DTI's SRP, boodle money, another eight liters of unlabelled aclohol, and a motorcycle. He said that unlabelled alcohol are those with no code, DTI permit, and not approved by the Department of Health (DOH) as medical product. On March 25, Estrellita Galimba, 43, of Barangay 14 was arrested outside a department store along Araneta Avenue in Barangay 15, for allegedly selling 30 plastic bottles of unlabelled alcohol allegedly sold at P350 per liter each in contrast with DTI's SRP of P74.25 per 500 mL. On March 20, Criselda Toreta, 31, of Barangay Handumanan was arrested at Barangay 15 for allegedly selling overpriced surgical face masks. Police recovered from her 80 disposable face masks worth P8,000, the P100 marked money, P1,000 boodle money, 11 face masks sold at P100 each, and 40 empty unlabeled bottles to be used for alcohol refill. He said that all suspects are now in the custody of CIDG-Bacolod and will be facing charges for violation of the Republic Act 7581 or The Price Act.  
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