ILOILO CITY – A police officer and a fireman were among those arrested in this city for illegal gambling.
Police Lt. Col. Antonio Benitez Jr., chief of the Iloilo City Police Office-City Intelligence Unit (ICPO-CIU), said they were among the 29 arrested during an anti-gambling operation on Saturday, April 20, in a subdivision in the City Proper District.
“It was a general operation. We did not specifically target the cop or the fireman,” Benitez said on Sunday, April 21.
Benitez did not identify the policeman and the fireman.
But the lawman was a police corporal and assigned to a municipal police station in Iloilo province. The fireman was a Fire Officer 1 and his assignment was not disclosed.
The raided establishment hosted a casino-style poker game and had no permit.
Others arrested were a barangay kagawad (councilor) and a South Korean.