POLICE ROUNDUP

‘Leader’ of illegal drug pushers nabbed in Buguias 

BUGUIAS, Benguet – Police arrested an alleged leader of illegal drug pushers here at an eatery in Barangay Abatan night of Feb. 23.

The suspect was identified as Agosto Singwa Paayas, 54, of Lower Nakiangan, Tabbacan, Abatan.

A police report said Paayas allegedly used his house as a drug den and transaction venue,

Paayas is allegedly one of drug personalities in Buguias who are known to have big time suppliers.

During the buy-bust operation, the operatives seized from his possession 46 small heat-sealed transparent plastic sachets containing shabu worth P23,000, buy-bust money amounting to P3,000  and cell phone.

Paayas is now in detained at the municipal jail which charges for illegal are being prepared against him.

3 minors caught smoking marijuana

BAGUIO CITY – Three minors were caught smoking marijuana in the orchidarium at Burnham Park here midnight of Feb. 23.

Ronnie Bangsail Valdez, helper of Baguio Water District who saw the minors turned them over to police.

Drug gang leader falls

LA TRINIDAD, Benguet– An alleged drug syndicate leader was arrested in a sting at an eatery in Buguias town here Monday night.

Agosto Paayas, 54, was collared after he reportedly sold 46 sachets of shabu with an estimated value of P23,000 to an undercover agent.

Paayas was reportedly the town’s most wanted drug trafficker and uses his home as a drug den, said Chief Superintendent Isagani Nerez.

Cops confiscate lumber in Benguet, Mt Province towns

CAMP DANGWA, La Trinidad, Benguet – Police confiscated P30,832.05 worth of lumber in Benguet and Mountain Province last week.

In Bokod, Benguet, pine lumber worth P17, 332.05 was confiscated by police.

Personnel of the Regional Public Safety Company of  Regional Public Safety Battalion found 88 pieces of illegally sawn pine lumbers valued at P13,822 here in Barangay Kawal, Libakung, Bobok Rizal Feb.23.

In another operation, personnel of Benguet PPSC recovered 19 pieces of illegally sawn pine lumber worth P3, 510.

Lumber were found abandoned in Sitio Annadong, Sebang, Buguias, Benguet  and  Sitio Lakkaan, Batan, Kabayan, Benguet on Feb. 23 and 24 respectively.

 In Mt Province, acted upon a textmessage from a concerned citizen, police recovered 130 pieces of pine lumber valued at P13,500 abandoned along Halsema road in Mabaay Bauko evening of Feb. 23.

Explosives dug along Baguio road, fished out from well

BAGUIO CITY – Explosives were found here at Purok 1 Irisan night of Feb. 19, 2015 by a laborer identified as Delio Ingosan and his co-workers who were digging a road here to widen it.

The explosives were turned over to the police after these were recovered by concerned citizens.

In the afternoon of the same day, an 81mm mortar was retrieved by police at boundary of Loakan Airport and titled lot in Magsaysay Drive, Loakan Proper, Baguio.

It was reportedly behind the residence of Col. Cartojano at No. 241 Purok Magsaysay, Loakan Proper.

Said projectile was found inside a dried and abandoned deep well 10 feet deep by Jerry Marron, 48, a retired Philippine Army who paused while jogging at Loakan runway.

Regional police director Chief Supt. Isagani Nerez, expressed his gratitude to the public for information provided to the responding personnel.

He said the public could contact police regarding criminal activities through social media (Twitter-@PNPCordillera or Facebook Page- Pio Procor, or throughthe following numbers: Complaint Referral - 09174297628; Regional Tactical Operation Center (074) 422-5515; 09175302679/ 09285591669.

PNP, Comelec bare SK election rules

CAMP DANGWA, La Trinidad, Benguet — To ensure peaceful and orderly Special Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections on April 25, the Philippine National Police and Commission on Elections bared calendar of activities regarding said election.

The Comelec earlier postponed SK elections set Feb. 21, 2015 resetting it to April 25.

Calendar of events are as follows: March 26 to May 10  – election period; April 11, 13, 14 – filing of certificates of candidacy; April 25 – election day; April 25 – counting and canvassing of votes and proclamation of winning candidates and April 26 will be filing of statements of contributions and expenditures.

 Comelec Resolution 9939 as amended stipulated the PNP should prohibited acts during the election period: transfer of detail of officers and employees in the civil service including PNP personnel without clearance from the Comelec; appointment of hiring of new employees; absolute prohibition without exemption on promotions or giving of salary increases, remuneration or privileges and creation and filing up of new positions.

Regional police director Chief Supt. Isagani Nerez said gun ban would be imposed once election period starts to ensure safety and public order.

9 illegal gamblers arrested

BAGUIO CITY — Nine gamblers were arrested here last week for illegal gambling.

Baguio cops arrested nine alleged gamblers engaged in cockfighting at an open space in Barangay Kitma, Bakakeng Central morning of Feb. 22.

Arrested in the raid were  Manuel Bolante Bersola,  53, ve of Bangued, Abra and resident of Kitma Extension; Ernesto Iyang Cabillan, 23, of Kitma; Alex Gonzaga Napoles, 21, laborer, of Layte, Leyte; Jose Llagas Borja, 23, of Bicol, Albay; Jerry Claro Cosme, 54, resident of Tadiangan, Tuba, Benguet; Alfredo Arellano Igoy, 36, of Pozurobio, Pangasinan; Carlo Abuga Cefreno, 49, carpenter, of Santa Rita, Samar, and resident of Kitma and Pedro Beltran Padilla, 57, of Sto. Nino Bakakeng Central, Baguio City and a minor.

During the operation operatives confiscated a fighting cock with spur attached to the leg and cash bet of P2,000.

Two men unloading illegal lumber from jeep nabbed

SABLAN, Benguet – Police arrested two men unloading sawn lumber from a jeep at Lower Poblacion, Sablan, Benguet Feb. 21.

Suspects were identified as Bobby Pacalso Binay-an, 41, driver and his helper Alfredo Petisme Chan, 51, of Asingan, Pangasinan, both residents here of Upper Palali.

They were arrested after they failed to present legal documents. 

Upped PNP security measures makes Kalinga peaceful during Ullalim fest 

TABUK CITY, Kalinga - -The province was peaceful due to police security efforts to  ensure  peaceful celebration of the province’s 20th Founding Anniversary and Ullalim Festival last week.

Provincial police director Senior Supt. Victor Wanchacan said police  provide 24/7 patrol and visibility at venues of events in the city.