Police have launched a manhunt against a barangay chairman who escaped an anti-drug operation in Pikit, Cotabato on Thursday, Feb. 16. Brig. Gen Jimili Macaraeg, Police Regional Office 12 director, said the suspect Sindato Karim eluded arrest after authorities stormed his house in Barangay Lagunde....
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A suspected bomber eluded arrest while his cohort was arrested during a police operation here on Friday morning, Feb. 17. MAYOR John Dalipe and Zamboanga City police director Col. Alexander Lorenzo present bombing suspect Omar Mabanza to the media. (Photo via Liza Jocson) Col....
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – Police arrested two suspected drug pushers and seized shabu and marijuana worth P300,000 in buy-bust operations in Angeles City and Mabalacat City in Pampanga on Wednesday, Feb. 15. Suspects were identified as Jhaez Vincent Carlos and Paulo Feliciano Gavieres....
BATANGAS CITY – Police arrested a 38-year-old welder and seized P238,000 shabu in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Bolbok here on Thursday, Feb. 16. Batangas police director Col. Pedro Soliba said that suspect ‘’Rey’’ was apprehended after he sold 35 grams of suspected shabu to police...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet – Police arrested 38 wanted persons in a week-long manhunt operation in the Cordillera from Feb. 5 to 11. The Police Regional Office-Cordillera Regional Investigation and Detective Management Division (RIDMD) said the Baguio City Police Office (BCPO) arrested 18 wanted...
Police arrested a member of a gun-for-hire group wanted for murder in Batangas in Kabacan, North Cotabato. Col. Pedro Soliba, Batangas police chief, in a report to Brig. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez, Police Regional Office 4-A director, identified the suspect as Rafael Bancoro, 50, a native of San...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – An Abu Sayyaf Group sub-leader with a reward of more than P5 million for his arrest was nabbed here on Sunday, Feb. 12. ASG sub-leader Isnirul Kirih was arrested by the police in Barangay Sinunuc, Zamboanga City on Sunday, Feb. 12. (PNP photo) Col. Richard Verceles, Area Police...
KALAYAAN, Laguna – Three persons were arrested for alleged illegal logging in Barangay San Antonio, this municipality, last week. Confiscated from the suspects were P842,000 worth of lumber. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Community Environment and Natural Resources...
CALAMBA City, Laguna – A 40-year-old police officer tagged as a high-value individual and two of his cohorts listed as street-level individuals were arrested in a buy-bust operation here before dawn on Saturday, Feb. 11. A POLICEMAN and his two cohorts were arrested in a buy-bust operation in...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested a former drug offender in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Banago here on Friday, Feb. 10. A FORMER drug offender was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Banago, Bacolod City on Friday, Feb. 10. Joey Galac yielded 36.74 grams of suspected shabu worth...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Authorities arrested a New People’s Army (NPA) leader in Barangay Tagumpay, Bay, this province, on Friday, Feb. 10. The Police Regional Office 4-A identified the suspect as Acer Obiado Turcedo, alias “Ar-ar,” a platoon leader of the Front Committee-1-Metro under...
LA PAZ, Leyte – A 42-year-old construction worker was arrested for allegedly killing his wife’s lover after he caught the pair kissing in Barangay Lubi-Lubi here on Thursday, Feb. 9. Police identified the suspect as Agusto Pedrigal. Investigation said that Pedrigal already had suspicions that...
