A total of 488 municipalities and 58 cities are in list of the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) areas of concern for the local and national elections in May next year. But Police Brig. Gen. Michael Dubria, head of the PNP’s Directorate for Intelligence, said the list are still to be validated in
PNP Chief Maj. Gen. Debold Sinas (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)
Gen. Debold Sinas, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), said the operation was carried out after the local police were tipped of the presence of Jonathan Utap in Sitio Bio, Purok 4 in Barangay Lapu on Tuesday.
Backed by members of the Special Action Force, the local police force went to the area to serve the arrest warrant against Utap who was facing a string of criminal charges before a local court.
But Utap and his brother Mohaimen allegedly engaged the policemen in a gun battle that resulted in their death.