BINMALEY–A businessman in Barangay Poblacion was arrested when lawmen raided his house past 12 midnight of Oct. 17 where four hand guns, assorted bullets and a rifle grenade were found. Lawmen served search warrants issued by Regional Trial Court Judge Mervin Samadan of Branch 70 in Burgos town for violation of R.A. 10591 and R.A. […]
Crime Notes
9 arrested in anti-drug operations
LINGAYEN–Nine more drug personalities were arrested one after the other by the police in in different towns of Pangasinan on October 4, the police provincial office reported. Arrested in San Jose, Urdaneta City at past 10:00 a.m. while creating trouble was Jayson Dacasin, alias “Isong”, 19, a confirmed, drug personality on the watch list. When frisked […]
Robbery suspect shot dead after taking cop’s gun
MANGALDAN–A 19-year old suspect was shot dead when he grabbed the service firearm of one of his police escorts while he was being brought back to the Mangaldan Police Station on board a police jeep after undergoing inquest proceeding before the Provincial Prosecutors’ Office at Justice Hall in Dagupan City. P/Superintendent Jay Benitez Baybayan, chief of […]
3 foreigners nabbed during ‘pot’ session
THREE foreigners were arrested by agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Dagupan Police while having a ”pot’ session inside their apartment in Barangay Malued, Dagupan City at about 11:30 p.m. on October 1. The suspects were identified as Mohammed Abutaleb, a Saudi Arabian national; and Omar Abdulqudos Haij, and Emad Saleh Bawazir, […]
Hitmen kill mayor’s dad, doctor
ALCALA—The father of the incumbent mayor of Alcala, a barangay kagawad, was shot and killed by unidentified armed motorcycle-riding men in tandem in the early morning of September 22 in Barangay Laoac. Kagawad Mario Callejo, 60 also a businessman and a resident of Barangay Gualsic, was on board his Ford Ranger pick up along the […]
Drug syndicate dealer arrested in Dagupan City
A MEMBER of a notorious drug syndicate has been collared by operatives of PDEA (Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency) Pangasinan and Dagupan City Police in a drug buy-bust operation in Barangay Malued in Dagupan City. PDEA Provincial Officer Dexter Asayco, identified the arrested drug dealer as Candice Joan Sta. Maria Cervantes, categorized as high value target […]
2 Malasiqui kagawads arrested for illegal guns, bullets
LINGAYEN–Two incumbent kagawads of Barangay Lepa in Malasiqui were arrested by the local police for possessing illegal firearms and ammunition in their respective residences in the early morning of September 25 after search warrants were served to them. The first warrant issued by Regional Trial Court Judge Mervin Samadan of Branch 70 in Burgos town […]
7 arrested for unlicensed firearms, bullets
LINGAYEN–Seven persons were arrested by the police in simultaneous search warrant operations in the campaign against unlicensed firearms in three towns on September 19. Arrested in Asingan by virtue of search warrants to father and his two sons, Victoriano Aquino Sr, 74; his son, Victoriano Jr., 34, and son Vicente, 50. Seized from the Victorino Sr. […]
2 arrested in Villasis bus stoning incident
VILLASIS–Two persons were arrested by the police within hours after they were identified by the driver and conductor to be behind another incident of bus stoning along the national highway in Pangasinan. The Five Star bus was stoned in Barangay Bacag at about 10:40 p.m., September 19 while negotiating the MacArthur Highway. The driver and […]
Deputy tanod shot dead in Dagupan
FOR still unknown motive, the deputy chief tanod of Barangay Bonuan Binloc in Dagupan City was gunned down and killed while seeking shelter from the rain inside a sari-sari store on China Street in that village. The victim, Jerry Mangsat, 49, a resident of Sitio America in Bonuan Binloc, was shot in his left abdomen […]