A TRICYCLE driver, a suspected drug dealer who attempted to shoot it out with police elements who accosted him was shot and killed before he could start shooting at them last Wednesday. P/Supt. Christopher Abrahano, Dagupan police chief, identified the suspect as Carlo Ubando, a resident of Barangay Pantal here,…

URDANETA CITY—The surprise inspection of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) in Urdaneta City Jail last week by the regional office of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) yielded negative results. Bismarck Bengwayan, PDEA Rgeion 1’s information officer, said the random inspections conducted on two city jails in…

AFTER two months of hiding, a female escapee from Tarlac provincial jail was recaptured here in Dagupan City on Thursday. The escapee Jhona Ordonio, 31, resident of Dumampot Asingan was arrested in an operation by the joint forces of the Dagupan City Police Station (DCPS) and the Tarlac Provincial Jail…

MANGALDAN—A 65-year-old parish priest here is the latest victim of robbers in the province. Rev. Jose Laforteza reported the robbery in his house at Barangay Guiguilonen here to the Mangaldan Police Station (MPS) on April 6. Laforteza said his missing bag contained important documents along with three cellphones, an ipod…

A NOTORIOUS drug pusher was arrested by the police in a drug buy-bust operation in Sitio Aling, Arellano Street in Pantal, Dagupan around 8:50 p.m. last Thursday, April 7. P/Supt. Christopher Abrahano, chief of police, said intelligence operatives from the City Anti-Illegal Drugs Special Operations Task Group arrested Marvin Agosto,…

A MAN listed as number 2 in the drug watch list of the police in Dagupan City and his companion were arrested last Thursday, March 31, at the Tondaligan Park in Bonuan Gueset in a buy-bust operation. Arrested by intelligence agents of the City Anti-Illegal Drugs Special Operations Task Group…

ALAMINOS CITY—A tricycle driver was arrested while visiting his friend detained at the city police station here after a failed attempt to sneak in a sachet of shabu for the latter by placing it inside a loaf of bread. Arrested was Oliver Castrence, 24, single, and a resident of Sabaro…

FORMER COP, MURDER SUSPECT NABBED ELEVEN drug peddlers, most of whom are in the drug watch list in Dagupan City were arrested by elements of the Dagupan Police this month and still counting. This was accounted for by P/Supt. Christopher Abrahano, Dagupan police chief, in an exclusive interview with The…

MALASIQUI—The Malasiqui Police Station (MPS) arrested six persons, four are included in their illegal drug watch list, one is a teacher and one municipal employee in separate buy bust operations last March 11 and 12. On March 11, MPS, in coordination with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Region 1,…

MANGALDAN— Four of the 10 most wanted suspected drug pushers were arrested in separate anti-drug operations over a two-month period. P/Supt. Benjamin Ariola, town police chief, said those nabbed were ranked 5, 6, 7 and 8 in their drug priority watch list. Ariola, formerly the head of Provincial Anti-Illegal Drugs…