7 nabbed for jueteng, illegal gambling in Baguio, Benguet

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.