POLICE ROUNDUP

Bangued trike driver held for illegal gun

BANGUED, Abra -- A tricycle driver is facing charges for violation of Republic Act 10591 (Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Regulation Act) after being caught in possession of unlicensed firearm here in Barangay Bañacao on Sept. 19.
Police named the suspect as Rumy Dacanay Blanes, 25, a resident here of San Antonio.
    A police report said cops were conducting mobile patrol and enforcing general community quarantine protocols, when they noticed the suspect driving without face mask and his motorcycle did not have any plate number attached.
    Cops asked Blanes to stop and asked for his driver’s license and saw a firearms in his bag.
    The gun 9 mm pistol had a defaced serial number, two magazines and seven bullets.
    Blanes failed to present documents for the gun prompting cops to arrest him.
 

5 persons nabbed in Baguio, Benguet, Kalinga for shabu

CAMP DANGWA, La Trinidad, Benguet – Five persons were arrested in the region last week for illegal drugs, Cordillera police director Brig. Gen. Ronald Lee said.
     In Barangay Buyagan here,  Remelyn Ramos Balbin aka “Vans,” 28 of Puguis was arrested  by police and anti-narcotic agents after she allegedly sold to a cop “shabu” worth P16, 592 Sept. 20.
    Confiscated from her were buy-bust money and cell phone used in the transaction. 
    Inventory of confiscated items was witnessed by kagawad Bruno Shadto Jr. of Barangay Poblacion and prosecutor Lillian Oliva.
    A man was also caught selling illegal drugs in a buy-bust operation conducted in Barangay Betag, evening of Sept. 20. The suspect was identified as Robin Dela Cruz Almandres a.k.a Asiong, 24, a resident of Shamolog, Central Pico.
    Almandres was arrested after he sold suspected shabu weighting 0.06 gram worth P408.00 to cop.
 Inventory of confiscated items was done on site witnessed by barangay kagawad Angel Decaleng and prosecutor Arthur Bataclao.
    A laborer was also arrested in a buy-bust operation Sept. 20, 2021 in Caponga, Tublay, Benguet.
    Nabbed was Herman Benito Molitas, 46, of Kibungan town after he sold shabu weighing three grams worth P20,400 to an undercover cop.
    Confiscated items were inventoried and witnessed by prosecutor Hazen Binayan, punong barangay Alnorwin Suaking of Caponga, Tublay, Benguet and media representative, Dionisio Dennis.
    In nearby Baguio City, apprehended Sept. 19 were Sherwin Basbas Fernandez, 32, butcher, resident of Santo Niño,     Slaughterhouse and Agosto Banas Antonio a.k.a. Darrel, 39, farmer, of Kapangan, Benguet.
    Fernandez was arrested in Barangay Quezon Hill Proper after he reportedly sold suspected shabu weighing one gram worth
    P6,800 to an undercover agent.
    Additional one gram of shabu worth P6,800 and buy-bust money were also seized from him.
    Meanwhile, Antonio was arrested after hot pursuit in Bileng, Sagubo, Kapangan, Benguet.
    Antonio evaded arrest in a buy-bust operation same date in Taguig City.
    After receiving the information, operatives confirmed that the suspect was hiding at his residence in Kapangan.
    In a another case, a government employee was arrested after operatives seized  P57,000 worth of suspected shabu in a search warrant conducted in Agbannawag, Tabuk City, Kalinga on Sept. 17. 
    Judge Randy B. Bulwayan of RTC Branch 39, Lubuagan, Kalinga, earlier issued arrest warrant that resulted in the arrest of Harvey Gumangan Calilung, 40, a resident of Agbannawag, Tabuk City. 
    Seized from Calilung's residence were two sachets weighing eight grams worth P54, 400, suspected shabu weighing .5 grams worth P3, 400 and drug paraphernalia. 
    Inventory of seized items was witnessed by Lainanie Balao-ing of DOJ, media representative Melisa Guavez and barangay kagawad Bonifacio Alcodia of Agbannawag. 
    In Baguio City, an alleged online drug seller listed as regional top ten illegal drug personality was arrested in buy-bust operation in Barangay Happy Homes on Sept. 17. 
The suspect was named as Ruby Ann Salvador Santos aka “Ruby”, 31, native of Paniqui, Tarlac and resident of Quezon Hill, Baguio City. 
“    Ruby” reportedly sold a sachet of suspected shabu weighing a gram worth P6,800 to an undercover  cop.  
Confiscated from her were buy-bust money and cell phone used in the transaction. 
    Inventory of confiscated items was witnessed by prosecutor Oliver Prudencio, punong barangay Eva Marie Fianza of Happy Homes and media representative Charles Nikko Limon.
    All suspects were charged for illegal drugs.

 
P116.389-M marijuana, oil   at Mt. Chumanchil burned

TINGLAYAN, Kalinga – Authorities discovered and burned  marijuana plants and oil worth P116,389,000 in ten plantation sites here at Mt. Chumanchil, Barangay Loccong Sept. 15 to17. 
    Cordillera police director Brig. Gen. Ronald O. Lee said police and anti-narcotics agents uprooted 44,350 fully grown marijuana plants worth P88,490,000 from plantations. 
    Authorities also confiscated 230 kilos of dried marijuana plants worth P27,600,000 and 14 bottles of marijuana oil worth P308,000 from the sites. 
    Police are still trying to identify marijuana planters.
 

Cordi gov’t agencies cite Caneo, Bontoc drug-free

By Alpine L. Killa 

BONTOC, Mountain Province – Barangay Caneo of this capital town has been declared drug-free by the regional oversight committee on barangay drug clearing program. 
    The oversight committee, which is chaired by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, is composed of representatives of the Departments of the Interior and Local Government, Health, Philippine National Police and local government units.
    Bontoc Mayor Franklin Odsey and Lt. Rufino Alibat, deputy police chief of Bontoc, handed certificate of drug-free barangay to Caneo punong barangay Edward Ochasan during celebration of the 113th Bontoc founding anniversary on Sept. 16 at Bontoc capitol grounds. 
    Odsey commended Caneo barangay officials and constituents for their efforts in curbing illegal drugs.
He added Bontoc has been aggressively implementing the government’s anti-drug campaign since it was launched at the start of President Rodrigo Duterte’s term in 2016.
    The declaration of a barangay as drug-free is pursuant to Dangerous Drugs Board’s Regulation 3 Series of 2017 known as “Strengthening the implementation of the barangay drug-clearing program.”
    Five barangays of Bontoc have been earlier accorded with certificates of drug-free barangay.  The five barangays are Tocucan, Gonogon, Guina-ang, Maligcong, and Bayyo. 
 

Tarlac cops nab robbery suspect hiding in Baguio

By Jun A. Malig 
BAGUIO CITY -- Tarlac police traced and arrested a suspected robber, who hid in this summer capital.
    Col. Renante Cabico, Tarlac police director, said Tuesday that Reymon Liquiran, 32, of Carangian village in Tarlac City, is a “priority high-value individual” and an alleged member of the Collado Criminal Gang engaged in robbery-hold-up.
    He said Liquiran went into hiding before Judge Allene Torres-Pena of the Tarlac City Regional Trial Court Branch 110 issued a warrant of arrest on July 26 for robbery, with P100,000 recommended bail.
    Cabico said the suspect was arrested at Green Valley in Baguio City.
    In a separate statement, the Police Regional Office 3 said Liquiran is on the list of their top 10 priority high-value individuals.

 Another woman shot in Tayum Abra home

TAYUM, Abra — Barely 15 hours after a female doctor was shot, another woman was wounded in an attack here by an unidentified assailant in Abra night of Sept. 19. Restaurant employee Aileen Daria was at home in Barangay Budac when the assailant barged in and shot her at around 9:30 p.m.