Operatives of the Malolos City Police Station in Bulacan arrested its Top 1 most wanted person (MWP) in Batac City, Ilocos Norte on Tuesday morning, March 21.
In a report sent to Col. Relly B. Arnedo, Bulacan police director, Lt. Col. Anrei Anthony S. Manglo, Malolos acting police chief, identified the arrested most wanted as Larry Cantong Jr, 19, a laborer in a farm in Ilocos Norte.
Cantong Jr. was arrested by virtue of a warrant of arrest for homicide with Criminal Case No. 7099-2022, issued by Malolos City Bulacan Third Judicial Region Regional Trial Court Branch 83 Presiding Judge Mylene Cabigao Albaytar- Avendaño on Dec. 20, 2022, with a recommended bail of P120,000.
Cantong Jr. is accused of killing Jayson Mendiola in Malolos City last Oct. 6, 2022.
The suspect is now placed under the custody of Malolos City Police Station.
The Bulacan Police is steadfast in its mission to ensure that all criminals will be brought to justice and will continue protecting the community and enforcing the law.