IF the October 22 raid of a drug den in Sitio Silungan in Barangay Bonuan Binloc in Dagupan City that netted 17 suspected drug peddlers and seized P2 million worth of shabu gave the impression that finally the illegal drug trading in the area had ceased, it was not to…

LINGAYEN— A policeman detailed at the San Fabian Police Station and his partner in crime were arrested in the evening of November 17, after they tried to extort money from an amusement center in Barangay Poblacion East, Pugo town in La Union. According to police reports, SPO1 Romeo Saringan and…

LAMBAT SIBAT MALASIQUI—A 64 year-old man, also the top 13 most wanted person in the province’s “Lambat Sibat” priority list here sustained a minor gunshot wound in his buttock after a brief gunfire with arresting police officers in his resident in Barangay Songkoy in Calasiao on November 18.

SAN MANUEL—A 52 year-old farmer died while a 53 year-old barangay security officer was severely injured after a motorcycle driven by a drunk rider crashed into them while they were walking in Barangay Gueset Sur here on last Thursday. Initial police investigation showed the victims Regie Bangayan and Joseph Sabare,…

LINGAYEN— An employee of a private warehouse here was shot dead at around 7 p.m. of November 19 by a suspect onboard a motorcycle. Police report said the victim, Mario Manaois, an employee of CSI Warehouse Lingayen, was shot by still unidentified gunman onboard a motorcycle along Singit Bridge, Barangay…

LINGAYEN— Two suspected motorcycle-riding hitmen were shot dead in an armed encounter with the police at 1 a.m. of November 9, 2015 in Urdaneta City. Julius Velasco from Binmaley and Fred Victorio from Dagupan City were killed in a shooting encounter with the Urdaneta City Police Station (UCPS) special weapons…

MALASIQUI—The police filed murder charges at the Prosecutor’s Office on Nov. 9 against a policeman detailed in Urdaneta for allegedly killing his neighbor on Nov. 7. P/Supt. Armando Muena, town police chief, told The PUNCH that PO1 Jubert de Vera, 33, resident of Barangay Palong here was arrested few minutes…

LAOAC—The number one most wanted person in this town was arrested in Las Piñas City after he went into hiding for 15 years. P/Senior Inspector Conrad Norial, town police chief, said that an operational research conducted for the police’s Operation Lambat Sibat led to the arrest of Jonathan “Jun” Domondon,…

AGUILAR—The top 5 drug personality here was arrested Thursday in a raid in her residence in Barangay Bocboc West this town. Flora Prache Perez alias Lovely, 34, married, was nabbed by joint elements of the local police, in coordination with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Region 1 during the implementation…

SUAL—The town police chief and two of his policemen are under investigation for the death of a detainee who reportedly committed suicide inside his lock-up cell at the town police station dawn of Nov. 4. P/Superintendent Ferdinand de Asis, spokesperson of the Police Provincial Office, said P/Senior Inspector Leo Llamas,…