Jobless man nabbed in
raid vs. illegal drugs

A jobless man was arrested by the City Anti-Illegal Drugs Special Operations Task Group after a drug raid on his residence in Brgy. Banago, Bacolod City, at about 7:30 a.m. yesterday.

Armed with a search warrant from Municipal Trial Court in Cities Judge Napoleon Diamante, CAIDSTOG raided the house of Warren Pasco, 27, of Purok Langis in Brgy. Banago.

Occeño said they had conducted two weeks of surveillance on Pasco on information from a concerned citizen that he is into illegal drug operations before the raid.

The raid yielded an elongated sachet of suspected shabu, a small plastic sachet of the banned substance, several empty plastic sachets, a plastic straw used as scoop, a bamboo clip, a disposable lighter and an empty coin purse, police records showed.

Occeño said Pasco’s supplier is from Brgy. 2 but he withheld the name in order not to hamper their ongoing operations. He added that Pasco told the police that he supplies illegal drugs only to his friends and neighbors.

Pasco is now detained at the lock-up cell of the Bacolod City police headquarters, and charges for illegal drugs and drug paraphernalia possession will be filed against him.*APN

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Lending firm
collector robbed

Two men armed with bladed weapons held up a lending firm collector and took P10,000 in cash collections at about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday in Sagay City, Negros Occidental.

Police identified the victim as Archie Dequita, 39, of Brgy. Luna in Cadiz City, Negros Occidental, and employed by the C-Town Lending firm.

Dequita said he was about to board his Honda XRM 125 motorcycle after collecting money from their creditors in Brgy. 1 Poblacion in Sagay City when the suspects declared hold-up, threatened him and took his cash and escaped on foot.

The Sagay City police led by Senior Police Officer 4 Jil Lobaton launched a manhunt but failed to arrest the suspects.

In Bacolod City, three unidentified men also held up a woman in Brgy. Estefania, Bacolod at about 11:15 p.m. Thursday.

Michelle Cabiles, 23, of Purok Pag-asa in Brgy. Estefania said she was waiting for a jeepney to ride when the men arrived.

She said one of the men threatened her with a knife, declared a hold-up and took her shoulder bag with her wallet containing P500 in cash and her cellular phone valued at P6,000.*APN

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2 apprehended for ‘jai-alai’

Two men suspected of engaging in jai-alai operations were arrested Thursday in barangays Punta Taytay and Singcang-Airport, in Bacolod City.

Marcelo Lagnas, 69, of Purok Kapawa in Brgy. Punta Taytay was arrested at about 7:30 p.m. by Station 8 policemen and the Police Regional Office 6 Special operations Group while allegedly in the act of collecting bets for jai alai.

The team led by Insp. Mark Louie Segua and SPO4 Rodrigo Valles seized several tipsters with the codename "Target", a ballpen and P30 in cash from Lagnas.

About an hour later, RSOG and Station 3 policemen also arrested Jessie Belano, 33, of Purok Kapalaran in Brgy. Singcang Airport also for alleged jai alai operations in the barangay.

Policemen confiscated several tipsters with the codename "Meredien Vista" and P75 in cash from Belano.*APN

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