ILLEGAL DRUGS. The confiscated pieces of evidence include some PHP2.4 million worth of shabu from a drug suspect arrested in a buy-bust operation in Mabalacat City, Pampanga on Monday (May 16, 2022). Some PHP374,000 worth of shabu was also seized in a separate operation in Sta. Rita town. (Photo courtesy of PRO-3) CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga - Two suspected drug peddlers were arrested and some PHP2.4 million worth of shabu was seized in separate anti-illegal drug operations in this province on Monday. Brig. General Matthew Baccay, regional director of the Police Regional Office-Central Luzon (PRO-3), on Tuesday identified the arrested suspects as Julius Guillermo, 30; and Jean Dantes, 53. Guillermo was nabbed in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Mawaque Maragul, Mabalacat City that led to the confiscation of six pieces of heat-sealed and two pieces of knot-tied transparent plastic sachets containing shabu weighing 305 grams with an estimated Dangerous Drug Board (DDB) value of PHP2.0
NEW COPS. A total of 195 new police recruits take their oath as members of the Police Regional Office-Central Luzon (PRO-3) at the Camp Olivas parade ground, City of San Fernando, Pampanga on Monday (May 16, 2022). After their oath-taking, the new police officers will further undergo one-year training at the Regional Training School 3 in Magalang, Pampanga. (Photo courtesy of PRO-3) CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga - At least 195 new police recruits took their oath as members of the Police Regional Office-Central Luzon (PRO-3) at the parade ground here on Monday. PRO-3 regional director, Brig. Gen. Matthew P. Baccay, administered the oath of office to the recruits following their presentation by Col. Joyce Patrick Sangalang, chief of the Regional Personnel and Records Management Division. The new cops were chosen after a stringent screening process by the Regional Screening Committee on Recruitment led by Brig. Gen. Narciso D. Doming, PRO-3 Deputy Regional Director for Administration. Baccay, in