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...
BUTUAN CITY – Authorities arrested a suspected drug pusher and seized shabu valued at P700,000 in Barangay San Vicente here on Wednesday, Feb. 8. The lady suspect, whose identity was temporarily withheld pending the arrest of her dealer and other contacts, was an online seller here and was...
CEBU CITY – The South African caught trying to sneak in suspected shabu at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) did not act alone and had local contacts, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA-7) said Thursday, Feb. 9. MONTALLANA (FB) PDEA-7 Director Jigger...
ILOILO CITY – Police arrested a couple and seized suspected shabu worth P1.7 million in a buy-bust operation in Roxas City, Capiz on Wednesday, Feb. 8. A COUPLE was arrested and yielded suspected shabu worth P1.7 million in a buy-bust operation in Roxas City. (CPPDEU) The Police Regional...
CEBU CITY – The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has arrested a 25-year-old woman for selling nude photos of herself and her siblings online. The woman was arrested in an entrapment operation conducted by the Mandaue City Office of the NBI-Central Visayas in Barangay Tisa here. “This...
