Camp Major Bado Dangwa, La Trinidad Benguet: Four gamblers were separately arrested while assorted gambling paraphernalia were confiscated during the simultaneous operation.
Personnel of PS 9, BCPO arrested two males, both residents of Asin Road, Baguio City while in the act of playing Tong-its in the night of September 25, 2018. 52 pieces of cardboard playing cards and bet money amounting to Php1, 610.00 were siezed.
Another male, a tricycle driver, was apprehended for illegal gambling in Bangued, Abra in the night of September 26, 2018 by the joint tracker team of Bangued MPS, Dolores MPS, Boliney and Baay-Licuan MPS. Judge Redentor B. Valera, Municipal Trial Judge, First Judicial Region, MTC of Bangued, Abra recommended bailbond amounting to Php2,400.00 for his temporary liberty.
In another operation, personnel of Bucay MPS recovered two (2) decks of playing cards, P163.00 bet money and wooden playing table in South Poblacion, Bucay, Abra in the afternoon of the same day. However, gamblers escaped upon sensing the arrival of the police officers leaving the gambling paraphernalia and bet money.
In the anti-illegal logging operations, a total of 774.5 board feet of assorted abandoned lumber were confiscated in the different parts of the region. Market value is yet to be determined by the respective PENRO/CENRO.
(PROCOR RPIO)