POLICE ROUNDUP

Computer shop yields shabu

SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union– A 27 year old computer technician was arrested last week in his computer shop by elements of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Region 1 and PNP Provincial Anti-Illegal Drugs Special Operations Task Group who swooped down on his computer shop which he reportedly uses to trade shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride).

Identified as Lindo Baoas, a native of Poblacion San Gabriel La Union was after a PDEA agent posed as a buyer who ordered a five hundred pesos worth of shabu.

Four sachets of illegal drug were recovered on his shop as well as various drug paraphernalia’s and plastic repackers used for repacking drugs.

Intelligence reports also revealed that the suspect was responsible for the drug proliferation of the nearby barangays.


World War 2 vintage bomb unearthed in Benguet town
TUBLAY, Benguet—A World War II live vintage bomb was discovered by residents of Km 21 of this town after it was exposed on a mountain side during a landslide Wednesday.

SPO4 Benny Valencia of the regional police explosive and ordnance division- said the bomb weighed 2,000 pounds and an all purpose bomb used during World War 2 by the Americans.

The bomb measured eighteen inches in diameter and six feet in length.

According to Valencia, the bomb could create a crater as wide as seventy five meters and could cause damage to an area as wide as two to three kilometers.

The bomb will be transported to Tarlac for proper disposition, he added.
We are just wondering that though the bomb is already old, its mechanisms are still intact and could explode if mishandled.

According to Armando Lauro, Tublay vice mayor, there used to be a Japanese barracks along Km. 21during the war.
Meanwhile, residents of the area also surrendered a vintage mortar to the EOD believed to Japanese in origin for proper disposal. – Larry Madarang


Town employee tagged as suspect in shooting
PIDDIG, Ilocos Norte – An employee of the municipal government here was tagged as suspect in the shooting and wounding of two motorcyclists from Sarrat, Ilocos Norte, a police report stated.

Senior Insp. Teddy Rosqueta, Piddig police chief, said that the suspect drove a motorcycle and shot the victims identified as Jasper Aquino, 29, and his cousin Clifford Crisostomo, 21.

The victims, also riding a motorcycle, had just come from the wake of a relative in Barangay Lioeng when they were attacked.

Meanwhile, construction worker Michael Padaca expressed remorse over his act of shooting and wounded his father Ruben Padaca during a quarrel in their house in Barangay Lioeng, this town.

The victim lost three front teeth when a bullet fired from a caliber .45 pistol pierced his mouth, investigators said. – Jun Guiang


Soliba assigned as new MP army chief
BONTOC, Mountain Province – A native son was assigned to head the army unit to keep peace and order within the province.

Army Colonel Bismarck Soliba was tasked to take over the leadership of Task Force Montanosa after erstwhile commanding officer Col. Jones Sumagaysay was transferred to the Presidential Security Group.

A native of Ambasing, Sagada, Soliba took his elementary education at the Ambasing Elementary School and moved to the Suyo National High School where he graduated in 1980.

He first enrolled at the University of Baguio but left after he passed the qualifying examinations to the Philippine Military Academy.

He was commissioned second Lieutenant when he graduated in 1986.

He led army units as an infantryman but later transferred to the armor unit after almost six years.

For so many years, he was given different assignments as a commanding and intelligence officer.

In the year 2000, he was assigned in East Timor under the United Nations peace keeping unit where he was assigned as a company commander of the Philippine contingent.

Bismarck, more known through his Igorot name, Bistogey, is one among the five Soliba brothers under the employ of the peace-keeping departments. His older brother, Alfredo,Jr., is a ranking officer of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology while his two younger brothers are PNP officers, all graduates of the Philippine National Police Academy.

An older brother, Charles, also a PMA graduate, died while on duty in 1988. – Angel Baybay


2 Australians rescued at sea off La Union
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – Elements of the Philippine Navy and Philippine Coastguard rescued Wednesday two Australians aboard a yacht off Bacnotan, La Union, a belated report stated.

They boarded the yacht last June 6 in Taiwan and were supposed to proceed to Malaysia. Commander Ramil Enriquez, commanding officer of Navy ship BRB Alberto Navarrete PG-394, said that the yacht was towed to Poro Point, this city after the rescue operation.

Enriquez identified the two Australian as Mauro Magliorilli and Pauline Wilkinson. They were on vacation. The vessel reportedly had defects in its steering mechanism and propulsion system, causing it to stop in mid-sea. – Freddie Lazaro


2 nabbed for robbing young man of P32,000
BAGUIO CITY -- Two suspects of theft were nabbed here last week for allegedly robbing a man of his valuables worth P32,000.

This, after victim Jan Michael Hernandez, 22, single of Barangay Military Cut-Off filed a police complaint.

Police identified the suspects as Evangeline Narvasa 18, single of Barangay Lower Pinget, Wendy Tallayo 18, single of Quirino Hill and still two unidentified companions.

They reportedly robbed the victim of his valuables at 5:30 pm at Perfecto Street.

The victim reportedly saw the suspects the next day after the robbery along the Baguio-Loakan jeepney terminal which made him seek police assistance leading to the arrest of the two suspects, while their two companions managed to escape.

Cases for robbery aer set to be filed against the suspects. – Alwin Gundran


Wanted persons nabbed in Kalinga
TABUK, Kalinga – Provincial police director Senior Supt. Arni Dean D. Emock bared last week arrests in the province.

In a report, Emock four most wanted persons in the province were nabbed: Buclongan Bayubay for murder; Peter Malinao for robbery; Gerry Diascan for homicide; Jerry Ambona for theft and 29 other wanted persons with standing warrants of arrest for commission of same crimes.

Two carnapped motorcycles were also recovered at Cawagayan, Pinukpuk; at Mabilong, Lubuagan; and at Mt. Kurminga, boundary of Barangays Pangol and Mabaca of Tanudan towns.

Emock said arrested for illegal gambling were Elena Duraquio of Agbannawag; Rodel Manatil of Poblacion, Erwin Macaraig of Barangay Casigayan and Fidel Santos of Poblacion West, all of Tabuk. – Mar T Supnad


Body of suspected suicide victim found, buried
STO. DOMINGO, Ilocos Sur – A housewife who was found with a bullet wound in the head near her house in Barangay Poblacion, this town June 2 was buried last week.

Senior Inspector Arsenio Ramos, Sto. Domingo police chief said the victim was identified as Olive Battara, a native of Lallo, Cagayan and resident of Barangay Poblacion, this town.

Ramos said the body of the victim was found at an area some 50 meters from her residence.

Policemen earlier suspected that the victim had committed suicide, noting the presence of a handgun near the body. – Freddie Lazaro


Farmer shot dead in Cervantes, Ilocos Sur
CERVANTES, Ilocos Sur – Police are still trying to establish identities of gunmen wearing camouflage uniforms who shot and killed a farmer in Barangay San Juan, Cervantes town, Ilocos Sur.

Police identified the victim as Sebastian Langkayas, 38, farmer, of Barangay San Juan, this town.

Investigation showed some men went to the house of Langkayas night of June 1 to ask for food.

Police said that after the men took their dinner, they asked the victim to join them outside his house where he was shot.

The following day, witnesses found the body of the victim near his house.– Freddie Lazaro


2 suspected rapists arrested in Ifugao
LAGAWE, Ifugao — Two suspected rapists are now in jail for rape after their arrest by cops.

Police identified one of the arrested wanted persons as Thomas Dinamling Bulangnget, 26, of Barangay Olilicon here.

Bulangnget, a nephew of the victim, was arrested by virtue of a warrant issued by Lagawe Regional Trial Court Branch 14 Judge Joseph Baguilat.

Meanwhile, members of the Aguinaldo police station arrested Cherry Bangihan Napachao, 22. Napachao is a driver and resident of Barangay Mongayang, Aguinaldo. – Dexter A. See