LINGAYEN—Joint police elements arrested four wanted top drug personalities in different towns in separate buy-bust operations. The police arrested on February 5 by virtue of search warrant Roland Novillos of Barangay Lebueg the top 1 priority target list on illegal drugs of Laoac town. The police seized from him three…

TAYUG– Joint police elements arrested the number two suspected drug pusher here and seized from him various guns and live ammunition, shabu, drug paraphernalia and cash in Barangay Carriedo here on Feb. 5. The suspect identified as Jaime Tolentino, 35, carpenter, was arrested based on a search warrant for violation of Republic…

MANGATAREM—A close-in security of the mayor of Urbiztondo town and a seven-year-old girl were wounded when an unidentified suspect fired at them last Tuesday afternoon in Barangay Dorongan Punta here. Wounded were Ronald delos Santos, 51, part time security of Mayor Raul Martin Sison and resident of Barangay Galarin and…

URDANETA CITY—A murder case was filed against a jail officer of Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) here after he shot and killed his alleged intended target and wounded six others last Friday. P/Supt. Jeff Fanged, chief of Urdaneta City police, said the suspect JO1 Roderick Escat, 34, resident…

ALAMINOS CITY–Seven minors earlier reported to be missing were rescued by the police last January 25, 2016 at a house in Barangay Pogo, Alaminos City. Rescued were Ailyn Kim Opolinto, 14 years old, Sabrina Cabanban, 16,  Wennilyn Humilde,14;  Rubilyn Villanueva, 16, all residing in Barangay Tiep, Bani; Jerome Soriano, 16, of…

THREE men were arrested separately for violating the election gun ban and Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Regulation Act last weekend. On January 16, the Tayug Police Station implemented a search warrant in the residence of Napoleon Robeniol, 47 years old, in Barangay Lawak that resulted in the arrest of the…

LINGAYEN— One day after the total gun ban imposed by the Commission on Election went into effect, a police officer was shot to death by still unidentified suspects in Infanta town, on Monday, January 11, night. The Pangasinan Provincial Police Office identified the victim as PO3 Steve Lacap, 35, the…

THREE persons in Pangasinan, two of them from Dagupan, initially arrested for drug peddling, were also arrested for violation of the election gun ban since it went into effect on January 10, according to records of the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) All three were arrested for possessing handguns in separate police buy-bust drug…

BAYAMBANG—A one-year-old toddler, apparently left to play on his own, met his death when he crawled up the bumper of a van parked at road shoulder in Barangay Darawey here on Jan. 10. P/Superintendent Gregorio Galsim, police chief, said the victim, John Carlo Cayabyab, fell on the road and was…

URDANETA CITY—One died while three others were injured when a cargo trailer head and two motorcycles collided along the national highway in Barangay Anonas here on January 12. Declared dead on arrival at the hospital was Caroline Pablo, of legal age, resident of Tuba, Benguet while hurt were Rodolfo Refuezo,…