LINGAYEN–A suspected member of a kidnap-for-ransom (KFR) gang was shot dead in Barangay Bayaoas, Urbiztondo in the afternoon of June 29. The suspect, Ronald Quitaleg Pidlaoan , alias Buddha, 44, a farmer from Barangay Guiteb, Urbiztondo, is also a suspected member of a gun-for-hire group .
MANGALDAN—A detainee accused of murdering his wife allegedly committed suicide inside his cell at the Mangaldan Police Station Monday. Leandro Presto, 42, resident of PNR West, Barangay Salay this town who was charged with parricide filed at the Prosecutor’s Office, Dagupan City was temporarily detained at the police station pending…
BINALONAN—The police have arrested a suspect in the ambush of a barangay chairman here, his wife and daughter who were wounded when two assailants shot them while on their way home in between Barangays Sta. Maria Norte and Mangcasuy. Chief Inspector Benjamin Ariola, police chief here, identified the suspect as…
STO. TOMAS—Three men were shot dead by still unidentified gunmen Wednesday afternoon in Barangays Sto. Tomas and Poblacion West here within a span of five minutes. Senior Inspector Arnold Soriano, officer-in-charge police chief here, identified the victims as Nelson Taginod, 42 and his brother Darwin Taginod, 36, both from Barangay…
DAGUPAN CITY–A suspected notorious drug pusher was killed while he was on board a jeepney in Barangay Bonuan Gueset here at 8:00 p.m. of June 18. Police investigators said the shooting incident, where the fatality was identified as Richard Narvasa, appears to be the result of either a double-cross among drug dealers….
DAGUPAN CITY–Two men were arrested by the police while in the act of repacking suspected illegal drugs on a vacant lot on Perez Boulevard last June 18 at about 12:30 a.m.. Elements of the Police Precinct on Galvan Street arrested Fernando Recto, alias Nono, 31, a fish porter, and Roberto Repalda, 31, a vendor at Herrero-Perez Street. A third suspect managed…
A 58-year-old public high school teacher was arrested by operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) during a buy-bust operation in Alaminos City in the evening of June 13. PDEA Director General Undersecretary Arturo Cacdac Jr. identified the suspect as Salvacion Rabadon, a resident of 25 Pag-asa Street, Palamis,…
ASINGAN–Three suspected guns-for-hire were arrested by the police shortly after they shot and wounded their intended victim in Barangay Carusocan Norte here at past 3:00 p.m. of June 17. Members of the Motorized Anti-Street Crime Operatives (MOSCO) of the Asingan Police and the Villasis Police caught the suspects while they…
BUGALLON–A Special Investigation Task Group (SITG) created by the police is still facing a blank wall in connection with the massacre of a family of five behind a subdivision in Barangay Poblacion here early dawn of June 8. SITG headed by Senior Supt. Marlou Chan, police provincial director, is still…
LINGAYEN–Unidentified suspects had a different idea to celebrate Independence Day. They barged into the office of the LBC Money Remittance Center on Avenida Rizal East in Poblacion here on the night of June 12 and helped themselves to a still undetermined amount of items, parcels and cash.. The robbery was discovered…
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