70 APPLICANTS GYPPED MANGALDAN—The police here arrested a Chinese-Filipino and his co-worker for alleged large-scale illegal recruitment activity on March 29 in Sta. Cruz Manila. Superintendent Jeff Fanged, town police chief here, said Friday that arrested were Richard Untalan Dy alias Richard Uy, 43, freelance interpreter and resident of 2257…

THE Dagupan police is now looking for the driver of a Toyota Fortuner who abandoned it after avoiding a police checkpoint at Ayusip Road in Barangay Bonuan Boquig at about 5:00 p.m. of March 20. He sped towards adjacent Arizona Inn where he left the unit in a hurry, leaving  a door open. The driver…

THERE has been no letup in the campaign against illegal drugs in Urbiztondo town. P/Chief nspectorI Joshua Maximo, acting-police chief, said police operatives continue to closely monitor drug personalities and plan buy-bust operations in tandem with PDEA (Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency). The most recent arrest involved a suspected drug pusher…

SAN CARLOS CITY — Armed men riding in tandem struck in San Carlos City in broad daylight killing a school principal along the highway in Sitio Silapan, Barangay Bolingit, San Carlos City. Maximo Jimenez, 64, principal of the San Vicente Elementary School in Bayambang and resident of Bongato East in Bayambang…

BUYER- SELLER OF STOLEN GOODS ASINGAN — A 38-year-old mother, whose alleged business is to buy and sell stolen items, from guns to motorcycles and goats, was arrested by lawmen who served a search warrant at her premises in Barangay Poblacion East, Asingan on March 7. P/Sr. Supt. Ronald Oliver Lee, provincial…

SPEAKING of police scalawags, operatives of the Aguilar Police Station and Intelligence Branch of the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office arrested a former policeman suspected of operating gun-running activities in the province. On March 9, the police served a search warrant against the suspect identified as Jeffrey Cruz Mejia, 33 years…

LINGAYEN –  The town’s police station is investigating the death of a businessman who was ambushed and shot by an unidentified gunman in Barangay Domalandan. P/Superintendent Jackson Seguin, police chief, identified the victim as Donald Dominguez, 38, businessman and a resident of Barangay Domalandan East. He was shot 4:30 a.m….

LINGAYEN — Special Enforcement Unit (SEU) of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) arrested two suspected illegal drug pushers in a buy-bust operation in Lingayen at 4:30 p.m. of February 27. Arrested in an operation led by PDEA Agent Rechie Q. Camacho, SEU chief, in coordination with the Lingayen police on Alvear…

MANAOAG — Two girls drowned while swimming in a river in Barangay Sapang, Manaoag late Saturday, according to a police report. The two were identified as Irish Mae Relosa, 15; and her younger sister Angelo Joy, 12, both residents of Sitio Sagun, Barangay Pugaro, Manaoag. The bodies of the girls were found by elements of…

ROSALES—Another barangay kapitan is busted. Proceso Ordinario, 59, incumbent barangay captain of Zone 1 here was arrested on Feb. 23 in his barangay for illegal drugs and violation of Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Regulation Act. Report from P/Sr. Superintendent Ronald Lee, acting provincial police director, said joint police operatives who swooped…