LINGAYEN—The most wanted person in Pangasinan (provincial level) was arrested by agents of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) and the Lingayen Police in North Cotabato on December 1. Arrested was Rony Agsayang Estrada, alias ‘Elong’, a native of Barangay Tonton, Lingayen, the object of ‘Manhunt Charlie’. The suspect was identified as leader of the […]
Crime Notes
Gun-for-hire group member arrested
BANI—A member of a gun-for-hire and cattle rustling group and a drug personality on the watch list was arrested by joint elements of the police who raided his house in Barangay Calabeng, Bani in the early morning of November 29. Arrested was Hever Ocuaman, farmer, a member of the Opolento Group, engaged in bounty killing […]
2 drug suspects arrested
LINGAYEN–A newly identified drug personality was arrested in a drug buy-bust operation in Manaoag town while a motorcycle rider nabbed under Oplan Sita was found keeping one plastic sachet of shabu in his motorcycle compartment. Arrested in Manaoag was Erick Briones, 34 of Barangay Licsi, Manaoag who tried to sell one sachet of shabu to […]
160 violators arrested
12-HOUR CRACKDOWN LINGAYEN–In just 12 hours from Nov. 20 to Nov. 21 the police in Pangasinan simultaneously apprehended and fined 89 motorcycle riders without crash helmets, 24 other motorcycle owners and/or riders whose units were found attached with sound-producing modified mufflers, and 34 other persons caught on the spot smoking cigarettes in public. This was gleaned […]
Despondent student commits suicide
A would-be student at the University of Luzon (UL) jumped from the fifth floor of the college building at about 6:10 p.m. on November 19, died in an apparent suicide. The fatality was identified as Rommel Ramas, 20, of Barangay Bunang Primicias, Sta. Barbara, survived the fall that broke his skull and was rushed to Luzon Medical Center but subsequently […]
AWOL soldier yields firearm, explosives, ammos
BINALONAN – Lawmen seized a firearm, hand grenade and assorted ammunition in a raid on Nov. 20 at the house of a member of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in Brgy. Capas, Binalonan who went AWOL (Absent Without Official Leave). A joint police team served a search warrant for illegal possession of firearms, ammunition […]
Suspected gun-for-hire, gun-runner arrested in Bayambang
BAYAMBANG — A construction worker tagged as being involved in gun-for-hire, gun-running activities and in drug dealing was arrested in a raid by joint elements of the Bayambang Police and the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) at his house in Barangay M.H. Del Pilar Street here in the early morning of November 14. Lawmen […]
5 foreign students in ‘pot’ session nabbed
FIVE foreign students were arrested by the Dagupan City Police after they were found participating in a marijuana ‘pot’ session early morning of October 27, Saturday inside an apartment on Sesame Street, Amado Tapuac in Dagupan City All five, Indian nationals, are studying at the Lyceum Northwestern University (LNU) and residing at Begpar and JC […]
Drug pushers nabbed in San Carlos City, Urbiztondo
SAN CARLOS CITY — A drug pusher was arrested in a buy-bust operation conducted by the police, in coordination with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), behind the Magic Supermarket at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 31. The suspect was identified as Fernando Rosario, alias Manny/Manix, 38, a water technician in Malasiqui town and a […]
Detainee grabs policewoman’s gun, shoots self
ASINGAN—A detainee grabbed the service firearm of a policewoman who was busy giving ration for lunch to another inmate, and shot himself on the head with it inside his cell at the Asingan Police Station here. Rodolfo Vibora Jr, 38, farmer, a native of Tacloban City and a resident of Barangay Bantog this town, snatched the […]