3 cops get medals for arrest
of five in slay of policeman

Negrense police officers who arrested the five suspects linked to the fatal shooting of SPO2 Rex de los Reyes in Hinigaran town, Negros Occidental, were conferred with the Medalya ng Kagalingan (proficiency medals) by the Police Regional Office 6 at Camp Martin Delgado in Iloilo City Monday.

The medals were awarded to Chief Inspector Lino Dalisay, Hinigaran police chief, and Senior Insp. Gideon Montalbo and Senior Police Officer 4 Vivencio Pacigado, both assigned at the 5th Maneuver Platoon, Supt. Roderick Augustus Alba, acting regional Police Community Relations division chief, said.

The five suspects earlier identified as Michael Jancilan, Roger Garilba, Vicente Poleros, Eduardo Montano and Openiano Dolar are facing murder charges for the killing of de los Reyes in Hinigaran early this month.

They tested positive for gunpowder nitrates, police records show. Their arrest also yielded four .45 caliber pistols, a 9mm Glock 17 machine pistol, four grenades and hundreds of ammunition.

The five suspects, on board a rented van, were caught in a traffic snarl at the highway of Brgy. Camandag, La Castellana, that led to their arrest by the combined police force of Hinigaran, Pontevedra and La Castellana, police investigations showed.

Alba said Medalya ng Kagalingan were also conferred on 120 personnel of the 6th Regional Public Safety Battalion, headed by Senior Supt. Iver Apellido, for meritorious services rendered to Police Regional Office 9 in response to the hostilities of the rogue Moro National Liberation Front–Nur Misuari faction.

He said the 6th RPSB troopers served as the blocking force in possible exit points of the MNLF men, and as members of the security team at San Ramon Prison and Penal Farm, who provided security to arrested MNLF members from Sept. 9 to Dec. 28 last year.

Chief Supt. Josephus Angan, PRO-6 director, said in a statement, “this commendation is a boost to the morale of our men, who risk their lives in the performance of their duty, and they deserve it”.*GPB

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House burglarized

A septuagenarian reported to the police that an unidentified person burglarized her house at Celine Homes Subdivision in Brgy. Estefania, Bacolod City, and stole documents and various belongings Monday.

Dianah Corteza, 72, mother of Police Officer 3 Edgardo Corteza, who is assigned at the Pontevedra town police station in Negros Occidental, said she only discovered the theft at about 6 p.m. Monday.

Investigation by Police Officer 2 Sherwin Rojas showed that the suspect destroyed the roof at the adjacent house, then destroyed the window grills and detached four jalousie slats to enter the back window of Corteza’s room.

A blue bag worth P2,000, that contained documents, various clothing valued at P15,000, and several other items owned by the police officer that are to be accounted yet, were stolen by the suspect, police records show.

A follow-up investigation is ongoing, Rojas said.*SGG

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Six arrested for drugs

A suspected pusher was arrested in a drug-bust operation in his house in Brgy. Central Tabao, Valladolid town in Negros Occidental, and five men reportedly having a pot session there were also apprehended at about 6:30 p.m. Monday.

Police Officer 1 Jobert Pancho, duty desk officer, said yesterday that Andreano Peñol, 30, was nabbed when he handed a sachet of suspected shabu to a poseur-buyer, in exchange for the P200 marked money.

The police also arrested his cousin Jonathan, 46, and brother Andremar, both surnamed Peñol, Arli Camiren, 20, Leonel Valero, 25, all of Brgy. Central Tabao, and Johnmer Balidiong, 25, of Brgy. San Isidro, Sibunag town in Guimaras province, for engaging in a pot session, records show.

Pancho said suspected marijuana leaves and an improvised tooter were recovered from them.

Barangay officials, whose names were not disclosed, witnessed the inventory of the items seized, before these were turned over to the Provincial Crime Laboratory for examination, the police said.*SGG

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