CAMP DANGWA, La
Trinidad, Benguet – Seven persons including a minor were arrested
in Benguet and Baguio City for illegal gambling and collecting jueteng bets.
Three gambling
collectors were separately arrested in La Trinidad. Ortiz Dangpas Fernando, 55
and Gary Domingo Felipe, 36, both of Barangay Shilan, were arrested
collecting jueteng bet money at Tili, Shilanon
August 10 after a concerned citizen informed the police.
Salvador Dionisio Wakat,
44, farmer, of Taloy Sur, Tuba, Benguet, was arrested collecting jueteng bet
money at Palina, Tuba Benguet on August 9. Confiscated from their possession
were three jueteng booklets and bet money of P740.00.
In Baguio, police nabbed
four persons identified as Andrew Ingosan Vergara, 52; Delio Ingosan,
44; Noli Napadawan, 33, all laborer and residents of Purok 1, Irisan,
Baguio City and a male minor, a resident of Lubas Proper La Trinidad,
Benguet.
They were caught playing
cards at Purok 1, Tibalbal, Irisan. Confiscated from them were a set of playing
cards and bet money amounting to P120.
Regional police director
Chief Supt. Rolando Z Nana commended operating police personnel arresting the
alleged illegal gamblers.
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