SAN NICOLAS–A drug personality who surrendered to the police sometime in early August this year was shot dead by unidentified persons on board a still undetermined vehicle on or about 12:40 p.m. on Nov. 9 at Zamora Street in Barangay Poblacion East here. The victim was identified as Jesus Estigoy, alias “Busok”,…

LINGAYEN–There was no let-up in police operations against illegal drugs in the province even during the period of “Undas” as gleaned from reports of the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO). Two drug personalities on the watch list were arrested by the police in buy-bust operations in Binmaley and San Carlos City on Oct. 31,…

WAR ON DRUGS URDANETA CITY—A policeman, listed as a high value target in the drug trade, and his father were arrested in a raid in their houses on Oct. 28 in Asingan and Villasis towns, where sachets of suspected shabu and illegal firearms, ammunitions and a grenade were found. P/Supt….

MALASIQUI–A barangay captain of the town, considered by the police as a high-value target for his drug activities, was arrested in a buy-bust operation on October 24 in Barangay Bolaoit. Arrested in an operation conducted by operatives of Malasiqui Police Station, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), Provincial Anti-Illegal Drugs Special…

LINGAYEN–Three drug personalities were killed and another wounded in separate gun attacks by unidentified suspects in different towns on Oct. 24, the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) reported Tuesday. Shot dead on Oct. 24 while cruising on board a motorcycle along the municipal road of Brgy, Poblacion East in Santa Maria…

THE Dagupan police scored big against criminal elements when they arrested five persons in two separate operations in the afternoon of Oct. 25 in the city. First to be arrested at 3:00 p.m. Tuesday along the De Venecia Expressway in Barangay Lucao were Ronald Monsalud, 29, a fish vendor, and his companion Bernardo…

LINGAYEN–Unidentified gunmen struck again on Oct. 27, killing a businessman included in a drug watch list in Urdaneta City and wounding another drug personality in Pangascasan, Sual, including a woman who was wounded by a stray bullet. Shot dead in Barangay Nancayasan, Urdaneta City at 11:50 p.m. of Oct. 27, was Christopher…

LINGAYEN–Two more drug personalities were shot dead by unidentified suspected motorcycle-riding hitmen in the province. The two separate incidents happened in Tayug and in Binmaley on Oct. 18, according to a report of the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO). The victim in Tayug was identified as Roger Alcanises, of Brgy Poblacion D, Tayug,…

MANAOAG—Four robbery, hold up and carjacking suspects were shot dead in an armed encounter with policemen dawn on Oct. 14 in Barangay Pao this town. The slain suspects were identified as Rodrigo Batucan, 49, from Olongapo City, Edwin Ignacio, 41 from Bataan, Tommy Miranda, 41 from Laguna while one remains…

TWO brothers who are believed members of a gun-for-hire gang were arrested by joint police elements led by the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) last October 10, 1:30 p.m.  at the back of the Dagupan Rehabilitation Center in Barangay Bonuan Binloc here. The operation was led by the region’s…