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BACOLOD CITY - Drug enforcement teams of Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) have recovered PHP2.4 million worth of suspected shabu in a series of operations in the past week. A report on Tuesday showed that 351.1 grams of the prohibited substance valued at PHP6,800 per gram were seized from Sept. 12 to 18. "Our operating units are relentless in their campaign against drugs and other forms of criminality," Col. Thomas Joseph Martir, police city director, said in a statement. The five anti-drug operations led to the arrest of also five newly identified individuals, now facing charges in court for violation of Republic Act 9125 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. In August, anti-drug operatives seized PHP7.1 million worth of shabu and arrested 46 drug personalities, data showed. Recent anti-drug operations in Bacolod and Negros Occidental showed that illegal drugs were already being transported for the upcoming Masskara Festival. Brig. Gen. Leo Francisco, director o ....
(File photo) BACOLOD CITY - Intensified police initiated operations and prevention measures brought down crimes here by 26.89 percent in May, according to a report of the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO). Data on Monday showed that during the period May 1 to 31, there were 87 incidents recorded, lower by 32, compared to 119 logged during the fifth month in the previous year. Col. Thomas Joseph Martir, police city director, said crime prevention has always been the priority of the BCPO to continue making Bacolod peaceful and orderly. "We encourage everyone to keep supporting the efforts to achieve a better Bacolod to live and to do business," he added. The 87 crimes comprised 66 categorized under the peace and order index while 21 under the public safety index. Crimes included in the peace and order index are those that reflect the crime situation in a particular community while those under the public safety index cover vehicular incidents such as those resulting in homicide, ....
OATH OF ALLEGIANCE. Young couple Adonis Ligid-Ligid and Danica Aro, platoon leader and medic of the Sentro de Grabidad Southern Front of the NPA's Armando Sumayang Command based in Hinoba-an, Negros Occidental, pledge allegiance to the Philippine government during their surrender to the Bacolod City Police Office on Tuesday (May 3, 2022). They said that since joining the rebel movement when they were just teenagers, they have become tired of the armed struggle and now long for peace.(Photo courtesy of Adrian Prietos) BACOLOD CITY - A young couple, former fighters of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) based in Hinoba-an, Negros Occidental, surrendered to the Bacolod City Police Office on Tuesday. They were identified as Adonis Ligid-Ligid, 26, and his common-law wife Danica Aro, 21, platoon leader and medic, respectively, of the Sentro de Grabidad Southern Front of the NPA's Armando Sumayang Command. Col. Thomas Joseph Martir, police city dire ....
CHARGED. Staff Sgt. Gerwin Catolico, 36, an investigator of Police Station 2 of the Bacolod City Police Office, is facing both criminal and administrative charges for allegedly selling an undocumented firearm during an entrapment operation in Barangay Estefania in the city on May 1, 2022. He was considered the primary target of the Philippine National Police-Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group Case Operational Plan "Pistola" for his involvement in the selling of unlicensed firearms in Negros Occidental and nearby areas.(Photo courtesy of PNP-Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group) BACOLOD CITY - A personnel of Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) has been charged with an administrative offense after he was arrested for allegedly selling an undocumented firearm during an entrapment operation in Barangay Estefania here on Sunday. The suspect, Staff Sgt. Gerwin Catolico, 36, is assigned as an investigator under the General Investigation Section of Police Station 2 headed ....
SEIZED. Photo shows some 33 grams of suspected shabu valued at PHP224,400 seized by operatives of the Bacolod City Police Office City Drug Enforcement Unit from a suspect during a sting operation in Purok Mahinangpanon, Barangay 35 on March 19, 2022. The haul is part of the PHP5.4 million worth of illegal drugs seized by the city police in various operations for the month of March. (File photo courtesy of Bacolod City Police Office) BACOLOD CITY - Anti-drug teams of Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) arrested 70 suspects and seized PHP5.396 million worth of suspected shabu in various operations for the month of March. Data released on Monday showed a total of 793.53 grams of illegal drugs, priced at PHP6,800 per gram, were recovered during the said period. Col. Thomas Joseph Martir, police city director, commended the operating units for the "job well done" in continuing efforts to lessen criminality. "We will continue to give the Bacolodnons a safe and peaceful place to ....