CATBALOGAN, Samar
– Police authorities
here scored in its campaign against wanted person’s with the arrest of
Samar’s No. 1 most wanted criminal recently.
Elements of the PNP’s
San Sebastian Municipal Police Station led by P/SInsp. Nestor Juan
finally collared murder suspect Ereneo P. Gacita, 42 years old and a
resident of Brgy. Canticum, Calbiga town, some 50 kilometers south
from Samar’s capital, last September 8.
Insp. Juan, in a press conference Monday,
informed they received intelligence reports that Gacita was spotted in
Brgy. Canticum. After receiving the information he then coordinated
with the Calbiga Police Station and the PNP Provincial Mobile Group
stationed in the said barangay to arrest the suspect who showed no
sign of resistance.
Gacita has a standing
warrant of arrest issued by Judge Rogelio Jucobo of the Regional Trial
Court Branch 27 in Catbalogan for the alleged murder of Sergio
Cabuenza, a barangay councilor of Brgy. Hita-asan, San Sebastian last
March 10, 1993 during a drinking session.
In a related
development, San Sebastian Police likewise arrested recently another
suspect identified as Dondo Abaigar, 55, and a resident of Brgy Balogo,
Hinabangan, Samar who is facing homicide charges.
Abaigar, who is
confirmed by the military intelligence reports as former member of the
New People’s Army (NPA), South Samar Front under the Jovito Ragay
Command, was charged for the killing of Narciso Bercito of Brgy.
Balogo, Hinabangan town last July 13, this year. The suspect, however,
is reportedly suffering from mental impairment.
Insp. Juan suspected
that the officials of the guerrilla command let go of Abaigar since he
is already of no use to the Revolutionary Movement due to his mental
condition.
Samar PNP Director
P/Supt. Asdali Idja Abah, meanwhile, said he will immediately submit a
report to the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG)
and to the PNP higher headquarters so that those police officers who
took part of the apprehension will be given the credit.
He said these
recent apprehensions have a great impact to the government’s campaign
against criminality.
