POLICE ROUNDUP

2 cops found dead with bullet wounds inside Ilocos Sur PNP station

By Freddie Lazaro

NARVACAN, Ilocos Sur – Two police officers were found dead inside the Narvacan Municipal Police Station here Thursday, July 20.
    The fatalities were identified as Corporal Jeric Ace Abaoag and Patrolman Joe Mendoza.
Initial investigation said gunshots were heard moments after they went up to the third floor of the police station with their belongings.
    Colleagues found their bodies which bore bullets wounds.

Col. Jugith del Prado, Ilocos Sur police director, said Mendoza was reportedly feeling stressed before the incident.

Del Prado theorized that Mendoza shot Abaoag before killing himself using a Cal. 9mm pistol.

Municipal police are investigating the incident.

P14.4-M marijuana seized in Kalinga, Benguet; 3 held

TINGLAYAN, Kalinga -- Marijuana worth P13 million discovered in two plantation sites in Barangay Buscalan, Tinglayan,Kalinga were uprooted and destroyed recently.
    Police have launched a manhunt for the cultivators of the marijuana plantations.
    Meanwhile, 7,150 fully grown marijuana plants worth P1,430,000 were discovered in four plantations in Bakun and Kibungan towns of Benguet.
    The operatives burned the illegal drugs after documentation.
    This brought the total of confiscated marijuana to P14.430,000
    This, as three drug personalities were nabbed in Benguet July 2 to 8.
    The police Regional Operations Division bared the three were arrested after they were caught in possession of shabu worth P2,720 by police.
    Arrested were Jeramel Caday, 22 years old; Gilbert Pascual, 31 and Marlon Yuzon, 28.
    All arrested suspects and confiscated pieces of evidence were brought to their respective arresting units, while charges for violating Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, is being prepared against them.
 
 

Cops nab 25 wanted persons; 66 Corditowns post no crime

CA MP DANGWA, La Trinidad, Benguet – Police arrested 25 wanted persons in manhunt operations in the Cordillera from July 2 to 8.
    The Police Regional Office-Cordillera Regional Investigation and Detective Management Division said the Baguio City Police Office arrested 14, followed by the Kalinga Provincial Police Office with six; Ifugao PPO with three and Abra and Benguet with one each.
    Brig. Gen. David Peredo Jr., Cordillera police director, said as a result of intensified police presence, 66 municipalities in provinces of the region and four police stations in Baguio City recorded zero crime incidents during the week.
    Zero crime incidents were recorded in 24 out of 27 municipalities in Abra, six out of six in Apayao, 12 out of 13 in Benguet, five out of seven in Kalinga, nine out of 11 in Ifugao, and all 10 municipalities in Mountain Province.
    Out of the 10 police stations here, the BCPO Stations 1, 2, 4, and 6 recorded zero crime.
 
 
Defective weighing scales seized in Baguio markets
By Liza Agoot 

BAGUIO CITY – The crackdown against unscrupulous market vendors using uncalibrated and defective weighing scales is on here to protect consumers from getting products with inaccurate weight.
    A total of 872 uncalibrated weighing scales have been confiscated by the City Market Division and the Public Order and Safety Division from June 1 to July 4 this year, Aileen Refuerzo, chief information officer of the city government, said in a phone interview on Monday.
    She said 37 defective weighing scales were confiscated on July 4 alone.
    The campaign started in 2022 after the city received several complaints from local buyers and tourists about the inaccurate weight of items bought from market sellers.
    The defective weighing scales were confiscated at Block 3 of Hilltop Market and at Kayang stores in the city’s main market.
    Of the newly confiscated weighing scales, most were found to be inaccurate and possibly tampered.
Weighing scales are calibrated by the Department of Trade and Industry to ensure the accuracy of the weight of items purchased by consumers.
    The city maintains weighing scales near the market division office which the public can use in verifying the weight of items bought.
    Among the subjects of operation were some sari-sari (retail) stores selling fruits, vegetables and meat that were complained about by residents.
    “Hindi lang sa palengke ito ginagawa, pati na rin sa mga talipapa at sari-sari store para masiguro natin na walang nadadayang mga kababayan namin na namimili kasi nagbabayad din naman ng tama ang mga buyer kaya dapat lang na mabigyan sila ng tamang timbang ng binibili nila (The operation is not confined at the main public market but also in village markets and neighborhood stores to assure that buyers are not cheated. They pay the value for the item they buy thus they must get the correct quantity),” Refuerzo said. -- PNA

 
Couple found dead in Nueva Vizcaya

By Villamor Visaya Jr.

BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya -- A farmer and his wife were found dead here Tuesday due to multiple hack wounds inside their farm.
    The police said in a report on Wednesday, July 12, the bodies of Carlos Bala-wa, 53, and his wife Julie, 52, were found at the farm in Sitio (sub-village) Kalingkingan in Barangay Buenavista.
    The couple went to their farm in Buenavista to repair the hose which supplies water to the forest area, investigations revealed.
    The couple’s son-in-law, who was not identified in the report, went to the farm after the couple failed to return home.
    He was the one who found the bodies.
    Captain Manny Pawid, Nueva Vizcaya police spokesperson, said in a statement on Wednesday that a deeper probe was ongoing and a person of interest had been identified.
    The person’s name, however was not disclosed as investigation on the matter was ongoing..
    The police said they had no idea yet on the motive in the killing.
 

2 nabbed, P72-K shabu, MJ seized in Cordillera

CAMP DANGWA, La Trinidad, Benguet – Police arrested two suspected drug pushers and seized P32,400 worth of shabu in anti-illegal drug operations in  Abra and Benguet Wednesday, July 19, a regional police information office report here said.
    Cordillera police director Brig. Gen. David Peredo Jr., identified the suspects as Wilmer Lizardo, 33 and Jaysie Singwayan, 32.
    Lizardo was arrested in Bucay, Abra after he sold a sachet of suspected shabu worth P5,100 to a lawman who posed as buyer.
    Singwayan was nabbed in Buguias, Benguet after he yielded three sachets of suspected shabu valued at P27,336 during implementation of a search warrant  in his residence.
    Meanwhile, 200 fully grown marijuana plants worth P40,000 were discovered by the police in a marijuana eradication operation in Sitio Macagang, Kayapa, Bakun, Benguet.
    All marijuana plants were uprooted and burned in the area while  investigation was conducted to identify cultivators.

29 high-powered guns seized from  Ifugao, Mt Province NPA guerillas

BAGUIO CITY -- Two suspected members of the communist New People's Army (NPA), 29 high-powered weapons and war materiel were presented to Defense Sec. Gilberto "Gibo" Teodoro Jr.,     Northern Luzon Command chief Lt. Gen. Fernyl Buca, members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and Cordillera Regional Peace and Order Council at a recent meeting at the Convention Center here.
    Authorities identified the two NPA rebels as alias Ampoc/Lipat and alias Ronron.
    They earlier pointed to members of the 5th Infantry Division an arms cache containing 19 high-caliber guns in Besao, Mountain Province and 10 in Ifugao province.
    Confiscated in Besao were 16 M16 rifles, a Galil rifle, two M653 rifles and various ammunition.
In Ifugao, seized were seven M16 rifles, one M14 rifle, one M653 rifle, one M203 grenade launcher, improvised explosive devices, hand grenades and various ammunition.
    Alias Ampoc/Lipat said he left the NPA because he could no longer bear the hardships of being a combatant.
    He cited programs and services implemented by government agencies in the Cordillera Administrative Region.
    Teodoro urged NPA fighters to join mainstream society saying it was
time to unite and bring peace in the country. 

3 minors held for theft of gadgets in N. Vizcaya school

By Liezle Basa Inigo

VILLAVERDE, Nueva Vizcaya – Four persons, including three minors, were arrested by the police for robbing the library of the Bintawan National High School in Bintawan Sur here of gadgets on Wednesday, July 19.
    Police arrived at the crime scene and saw blood on the floor.
    They scoured medical facilities here and found the suspects
    Two 17-year-old suspects were apprehended when they admitted involvement in the crime through a discernment test by social workers.
    Their 14-year-old companion was also taken into custody and will be turned over to the Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office here for appropriate intervention.
    The fourth suspect of legal age will undergo inquest proceedings for the crime of robbery.
    Police said the suspects carted away 14 tablets and three laptops. However, only seven tablets and two laptops with an estimated value of P301,000 were recovered by authorities.
    Police Brig. Gen. Percival Rumbaoa, Police Regional Office-2 director, lauded the immediate response of Villaverde PNP on the incident.
    “It is a testament that Villaverde Police Station is committed in the conduct of aggressive law enforcement operations which is encapsulated in the five-focused agenda of the Chief PNP in ensuring the safety and security of the community,” Rumbaoa said.