POLICE ROUNDUP

P61,000 shabu confiscated in Ilocos Sur
BY MAR T. SUPNAD

CAMP PRESIDENT QUIRINO, Ilocos Sur – In its bid to make Ilocos Sur a drug-free province, the police provincial office headed by Senior Supt. Jessie L. Cardona conducted a series of operations against illegal drugs, resulting in the confiscation of shabu worth some P61,000.

Reporting to Chief Supt. Leopoldo N. Bataoil, Region 1 police director, and Ilocos Sur Gov. Deogracias Victor “DV” Savellano, Cardona said anti-drug operations were authorized by search warrants sued by judges in the province.

He said in the eight anti-drug operations, eight persons suspected to be drug pushers were arrested. Confiscated from them were 30.37 grams of high-grade shabu and marijuana.

Cardona said that cases have been filed in court against the suspects. The areas where the operations were conducted included Vigan City, towns of Narvacan, San Juan, Santiago, Sta. Maria, and Candon City. He said that more operations will be conducted until the province is free of illegal drugs.


Woman shot dead while playing cards

ASINGAN, Pangasinan – A woman was shot to death by unidentified men while she was playing cards with her neighbors in front of their house in Barangay Calepaan here, police said.

Police probers said Carmen Bulda Garcia, 54, married, of Barangay Calepaan, was shot three times with a Cal.22 Magnum.

Carmen was the only one who was shot, suffering wounds in the neck and chest. Two of her companions were unhurt.

Asingan policemen reported the shooting took place at 10:30 p.m. on August 11. The victim was brought to the Sacred Heart Hospital in Urdaneta City, but she was declared dead on arrival.

Three bullets shells were found at the crime scene. Police probers were still trying to determine the motive in the killing. – Jennelyn Mondejar


Girl killed by brother after heated argument

LAOAC, Pangasinan – A girl was killed yesterday Aug. 12 in Barangay Balligi here by his elder brother after a heated argument.

Donata Nerona, 20, single, was found bathed with blood by her neighbors.

She was hit with a steel pipe and electrical pliers by his brother, Norlito Nerona, 33, single, police said.

Police said at about 7:30 a.m. on Aug. 12, Norlito and Donata had a heated argument.

The victim, who suffered injuries in the body, was brought to a hospital but she was declared dead on arrival.

Some neighbors reportedly tried to pacify Norlito, but failed.

Later, municipal police chief Senior Insp. Federico Mina Jr. arrested the suspect. A simple misunderstanding caused the killing, he said.

Charges of homicide will be filed against the suspect, Mina said. – Jennelyn Mondejar


British national, Bantay man arrested for estafa

BAGUIO CITY – Cops nabbed a British national here on August 12 for estafa.

Christopher Nolan Junior Dean Telesford, 26, single and resident of Valdez Compound, Bakakeng Norte was arrested by Precinct 10 policemen PO3 Junifer Apilado and PO1 Julius Tiangao following a a warrant of arrest issued by Judge Illuminada Cabatu of Regional Trial Court Branch 59 with a recommended fixed bail bond amounting to P20,000.

Telesford was detained at the Baguio City Jail.

Earlier, police arrested one Armando Ferrer y Lopez, 47, married, native of Bantay, Ilocos Sur and a resident of Manuel Roxas St., Lower Brookside, Baguio City on August 11 also for estafa.

A warrant of arrest issued by Judge Isidro Podre of RTC Branch 72 of Narvacan, Ilocos Sur with a recommended bail bond of P80,000.00.

Ferrer was detained at the Baguio City Jail.


Businesswoman shot dead in Dagupan City

DAGUPAN CITY – A businesswoman here was shot dead by two unidentified men in Puelay, Caranglaan District, it was reported.

Supt. Paquito Navarrete, Dagupan deputy chief police, identified the victim as Maria Joey Licudine y Villaluz, resident of Puelay, Caranglaan District.

Investigation showed that at about 7:20 a.m, on August 8, Licudine was walking on a street here when the two gunmen fired at her at close range.

The victim suffered multiple bullet wounds in the body.

Police probers said the killing might have something to do with the victim’s business or love triangle. – Jennelyn Mondejar


Gapan market fire destroys P30-M worth of property

GAPAN CITY – The pre-dawn fire on August 5, reportedly caused by faulty electrical wiring and razed the public market here caused P30 million damage to property, police said.

The public market is located in half-hectare lot near the old City Hall right at the center of the city.

Supt. Marlon D. Bingcang, police chief, told Mayor Ernesto Natividad that the fire, which reached Alarm No. 5, broke out at 2:45 a.m. that night and was placed under control by firefighters at 6 a.m.

Bingcang reported joint forces of the Traffic Management Group and city police secured the area as the fire came at a time when the storeowners had stocked big volume of grocery items in preparation for the celebration of the sixth anniversary of Gapan as a component city on Aug. 25.

The event is also called the “Tsinelas Festival.” The four-hour blaze destroyed the vendors’ stalls and their stocks.

The four-hour inferno was aggravated by explosions of several LPG tanks kept in the place.

At the time of the fire, there was no watchmen on duty who could have alerted the firemen at their station just a block away, fire victims said.


Cops recover 3 stolen cows, nab 2 suspects

URBIZTONDO, Pangasinan – Bayambang police headed by chief of police Supt. Rolie M. Saltat and Urbiztondo police station headed by police of police Chief Insp. Ramon Gamboa conducted operations against cattle rustling in Barangay Inanlorenza, this town.

The operation led to the arrest of suspected cattle rustlers identified as Rey Quitaleg y Bulatao, 36, married, farmer, of Barangay Balite SUr, and Alfredo Gonzales y Baustista, 40, single, farmer, of Barangay Bacnar, both of San Carlos City, Pangasinan.

The policemen recovered from the suspects two female cows and one male cow, all valued at P70,000.

The cows are owned by Eusebio Asuncion y Catsillan of Barangay Inanlorenza. The suspects were detained in the Urbiztondo police station and charges have been filed against them in court.