CIDG nabs four wanted persons

POLICE ROUNDUP

By March Fianza

BAGUIO CITY -- The Baguio City Criminal Investigation Detection Group along with local units of the Philippine National Police arrested last week three of the city's Most Wanted Persons (MWP) and one other in a series of manhunt operations that was launched in consonance with “Oplan Pagtugis”, an anti-criminality program thrust in the Target Output Policy of the agency.
    First to fall was a fugitive for almost a decade identified as Gefti Bastian Bagsangi alias “Jorge” who was arrested on March 9, 2022 along Balsigan Road, Baguio City. He is listed as the No. 4 MWP in the city.
    The following day, two more MWPs were put behind bars after their respective Warrant of Arrest were served against them at Bacbacan, Km. 4, Barangay Asin Road. Benjamin Golia Tiyad was collared for Homicide while Savina Bayaona Guinawan was nabbed for Estafa.
    The suspects were respectively tagged as the No.5 and No. 6 MWP, both in Baguio City. In a follow-up police operation of the same date, suspect Listen Lawagan Donato was apprehended for Reckless Imprudence Resulting to Homicide.
    Col Juliet Salvador, Regional Chief of CIDG RFU14 who sent a report to CIDG Director Brig. Gen. Eliseo DC Cruz said the successful arrests of the wanted persons were due to continuous information-gathering and the cooperation of the community in tracking the location of the suspects. 
    Cruz lauded personnel of CIDG Baguio for their relentless efforts and initiatives, and the community’s participation in supporting the anti-criminality campaign of the CIDG and the PNP.
    “These accomplishments reaffirm the commitment of CIDG in fulfilling their mandate of ensuring the public to make their homes and communities safer and more secure places to live, work, study, and do business,” the CIDG Chief said.

44 wanted persons nabbed in Cordillera

CAMP DANGWA, La Trinidad, Benguet – A total of 44 wanted persons were arrested in Cordillera March 6 to 12.
Based on the records from Regional Investigation and Detective Management Division, Baguio CPO recorded highest number of arrests with 21 wanted persons arrested followed by Benguet PPO with seven arrests, Abra and Kalinga PPO with five arrests each and Ifugao and Mt.
    Province with three arrests each.
    Thirteen of those arrested were listed as most wanted.
    Rizaldo Amawan l was arrested for rape, Raymund Talatal for illegal drugs and Valentine Matias for murder.
Hilario Ngaosi was arrested for rape while Joseph Alfredo Jr. was held for violation of Republic Act 9262 or Violence against women and children Act.
    Arnel Tumitit was arrested for lascivious conduct, Susana Abara for large scale illegal recruitment and estafa, Regino Aladin for murder and Adela Ibus for large scale illegal recruitment and estafa.
    Gefti Bagsangi was nabbed for lasciviousness, Benjamin Tiyad for homicide and Savina Guinawan for estafa.

P9-M marijuana found in Kalinga; P15-M burned

LUBUAGAN, Kalinga — Eight bricks of dried marijuana leaves with an estimated value of P960,000 were recovered by the roadside here in Sitio Balangabang in Barangay Dangoy on March 13.
    A concerned citizen reported that he saw a blue plastic gallon with suspected marijuana plants adjacent to his property.
    Police found eight bricks of dried marijuana leaves weighing 8,000 grams worth P960,000.
    Police said the marijuana bricks weighing around eight kilos were in a blue container, which was left near the house of a certain Gary Guilay.
    Guilay sought police assistance when he found the suspicious item
    This, as P15,000,000 worth of marijuana plants were burned in Kalinga on March 11-12.
    Reports submitted to Cordillera police director Brig. Gen. Ronald O. Lee said eight plantation sites were raided by lawmen in Bugnay, Tinglayan.
    A total of 75,000 marijuana plants from eight marijuana plantations worth P15,000,000 was burned.

2 men held for drugs in Baguio

BAGUIO CITY -- Two drug personalities were arrested by police here on March 13.
    Based on reports submitted to Cordillera police director Brig. Gen. Ronald O. Lee, arrested suspects were identified as Clint Ambrosio Macachor, 34 and Michael Angelo Belga Rogayan, 34.
Macachor was arrested in Leonila Hill after he sold to a cop 0.8 grams of suspected shabu worth P5,440.
    Shabu weighing 2.9 grams worth P19,720 were seized from his possession.
In a separate buy-bust operation in Salud Mitra, Rogayan was arrested by joint operatives of Regional PNP Drug     Enforcement Unit and Baguio CPO after he sold to a cop two grams of suspected shabu worth P13,600.
    The arrested suspects are facing charges for illegal drugs.