Police nabbed 3 suspected drug pushers

By JONNIE H. BUENAVENTURA (PIA 8)
August 7, 2007

TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte  –  The joint elements of Leyte Police Provincial Office Anti-Illegal Drugs Special Operation Task Group (LPPO-PAIDSOTG) and Tacloban City Police Station Anti-Illegal Drugs Special Operation Task Group (TC-PSAIDSOTG) led by Police Insp. Jesus N. Son, chief PAIDSOTG nabbed a notorious drug syndicate in a buy-bust operation on August 4, 2007 at around 9:50 in the evening at Brgy. 37-A Palanog, Tacloban City, that resulted to the arrest of the following persons: Ernesto Quinante y Raagas-leader, 41 yrs. old, single, Filipino; Alberto Salvedia y Almerante-member, 20 yrs. old, single, Filipino, student; both residents of Brgy. 37-A, Palanog, Tacloban City and Bernard Torres y Arpon-member, 24 years old, single, Filipino, jobless, resident of Brgy. 74, Nula-Tula, Tacloban City.

During the buy-bust operation, the policemen acted as buyer from Ernesto Quinante y Raagas alyas “Bolongoy” and Alberto Salvedia y Almerante. Recovered was one small pack of suspected marijuana more or less .0625 grams with an estimated street value of P800.00. Subsequently recovered from Alberto Salvedia alyas “Ambit” were another one big pack and one medium pack suspected marijuana more or less and .75 grams with an estimated street value of P10,000.00, while recovered from Bernard Torres y Arpon, was another one medium pack of suspected marijuana more or less .1875 grams with an estimated street value of P4,000.00 with a total of more or less one kilo of suspected marijuana was recovered from the suspects.

According to P/S Supt. Doroteo N. Palconit, Provincial Director, Leyte Police Provincial Office (LPPO) during a Press Conference held at LPPO, apprehended organized drug syndicate is among the notorious drug groups, responsible for the distribution of marijuana in the different schools in Tacloban City, including nearby municipalities.

P/S Supt. Palconit further revealed, that a month long surveillance was conducted by the operatives of Leyte Police Provincial Office-Provincial Anti-Illegal Drugs Special Operations Task Group (LPPO-PAIDSOTG) that resulted to the successful arrest of the suspects. “This was the biggest haul of marijuana resolved, since I assumed office as Provincial Director, he said.”

The arrested suspects were turned over to the Tacloban City police for proper disposition. A case was filed in violation of R.A. 9165 better known as Comprehensive Dangerous Drug Act., of 2002, P/S Supt. Palconit said.

R.A. 9165 or known as Comprehensive Dangerous Drug Act of 2002 was purposely made into law for the protection of the people specially the children, against the destruction brought by illegal drugs.

Most wanted rapist shot to death

SAN JORGE, Samar  -  A long hunted fugitive and the No. 1 Most Wanted Person of this locality was shot to his death after trying to elude again from the government operatives before dawn Saturday, July 2, this year.

Police Inspector Rolando Baula, Chief of  Police of  San Jorge PNP, identified the suspect as certain Bautista Velardo Y Sabio alias Estang, legal age, and of still unknown address. The suspect, along with his companion, a certain Edgar Beldad alias Aguipo has pending warrant of arrest for the crime of rape under Criminal Case No. 3404-05 last December 7, 1999.

Velardo was nabbed in one of the police operations.

But while the hearings of said case were on-going, Velardo and another inmate identified as Crisanto Bocabo alias Bunso escaped, on September 20, 2003, from the Calbayog City Sub-provincial Jail. The police said, Bocabo has also pending warrant of arrest for the crime of attempted homicide under Criminal Case No. 3998 at the same court.

On September 26, 2003, or six days after the suspect bolted from jail, Judge Rosario B. Bandal of the RTC Branch 41, 8th Judicial Region, Gandara, Samar found Estang guilty of raping a certain “Marilyn” and was sentenced to suffer the penalty of reclusuon perpetua to death.

From then on, the two went into hiding.

On October 2004, the police together with a team from the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) conducted a manhunt operation against Velardo at Mabuhay village of this town but failed, and the suspect eluded arrest again.

“It is in this reason that the PNP San Jorge included Velardo and Beldad, as the No. 1 and No. 2 Top Most Wanted Persons in this municipality, respectively,” Inspector Baula said.

On June 30, this year, another complainant, a 23 year old married woman of Brgy. Sinibaran, San Jorge, appeared to the PNP station and lodged a complaint against the fugitive Velardo for the crime of rape. The woman alleged that at around 2 p.m. of June 23, 2005, while she was walking for home from Brgy. Ranera, also this town, the suspect suddenly appeared on her way, dragged her into a grassy portion and succeeded of raping her.

The suspect, who said to be her second cousin, forcibly took her P500 debt collection and also threatened to kill her and her family should she tell anyone about the incident.

However, not all days are glory for the suspect. On July 1, 2005 the police received a tip from an informant that he was seen hiding in his relatives at Brgy. Ranera, San Jorge.

Immediately, a team led by Inspector Baula together with SPO1 Martin Donadillo, PO3 Jojie Lao, PO2 Artemio Rebato and PO1 Marilo Apes, all of San Jorge PNP, braved the darkness and consumed three hours hiking to reach the target place where the suspect is hiding.

At about 2 a.m. of July 2, the team rushed inside the house positively identified by the informant to affect the arrest. Surprised by the arrival of the policemen, the suspect draws his gun under his pillow but was grappled by one of the police until trigger of said gun squeezed by the suspect in air thus promoted other policemen to fire the suspect several times hitting the head of the suspect.

After the incident, the suspect was rushed to the Gandara District Hospital for medical attention but died.

Recovered by the police from the crime scene are the following, to wit: one (1) Ingram M11 Cal. 9mm Par. Mil. Armament Corp. Marrietta GA 30062 USA with several number 722393; one (1) magazine for Ingram loaded with two (2) live ammos; and six (6) pieces of empty shells for Cal. 9mm.

No. 4 Most-wanted KFR leader slain in shoot-out with Samar police

By ROMUEL A. NACAR
November 10, 2004

CAMP LUKBAN, Catbalogan, Samar – The country’s No. 4 Most Wanted Kidnapper fell before the hands of police authorities when he shoot it out with policemen early dawn Sunday, November 8, 2004 in a hinterland barangay in Gandara town, some 45 kilometers norhwest from Samar’s capital.

The suspect was identified by PSSupt Conrado Verzo Calvario, Samar PNP Provincial Director, as Allan Balingbingan y Abelina, 25 years old, married, a native of Brgy. Hampton, Gandara, Samar and affiliated with the notorious Waray-waray kidnapping syndicate. Balingbingan carries a Five Hundred Fifty Thousand (P550,000.00) reward on his head and is implicated in at least 12 kidnapping incidents.

At around 11:00 o’ clock in the evening of Saturday, elements of Samar Police Provincial Office led by PSInsp Joseph Nicolasora Pensotes, Intelligence and Investigation Officer and Gandara Municipal Police Station under the supervision of PSSupt Conrado V. Calvario, Provincial Director, jumped-off to Brgy. Hampton to effect the arrest of the suspect. The team was reinforced by elements of Regional Intelligence and Investigation Division (RIID), Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG-NCR), Regional Special Action Unit of National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO-RSAU) and Naval Intelligence Support Unit (NISU 8). Barangay Hampton is a two-hour motorboat ride from Gandara town proper through Gandara river and another two-hour hike from Brgy. Bo-ao, also of said town.

Upon arriving in Brgy. Hampton, the team coordinated with Brgy. Chairman Marcelino Vencio and thereafter served the Warrant of Arrest at the residence of the suspect. However, Balingbingan was not around, hence, the team proceeded to the house of his mother where the suspect was hiding. Balingbingan immediately fired his .45 caliber pistol to the entering lawmen forcing the police to retaliate and shoot the suspect, hitting him in different parts of his body that caused his instantaneous death.

The police recovered one .45 caliber pistol marked Colt M1911 model with defaced Serial Number, one Inter Dynamic Miami KG99 9mm Luger (Ingram) with Serial Number 294087 with several ammunition and one homemade shotgun (bardog). Cadaver of the suspect was immediately brought to Gandara District Hospital for autopsy and fingerprinting.

Balingbingan is the third KFR personality neutralized by Samar Police Provincial Office this year. In January 24, 2004, Reynaldo Cacho, the country’s No. 8 Most Wanted kidnapper was arrested in Brgy. Sta. Elena, also of Gandara town while last October, one Rodrigo Aruta y Equepaje who has a standing Warrant of Arrest for kidnapping before Quezon City RTC Branch 219 was arrested in Sta. Margarita, also this province.

Aside from PSInsp Joseph Pensotes, who was the team leader, other members of Samar PPO team were PO3 Porferio Amistoso, PO3 Nestor Tuazon, PO2 Josezaldy Rueda, PO2 Arthur Perdizo, PO2 Erwin Unay, PO2 Juanito Malabarbas, PO1 Reynaldo Diocton and PO1 Romuel Nacar while elements of Gandara MPS were SPO3 Edgardo Orbeta, SPO1 Pablo Diaz, PO3 Gil Joropojop, PO1 Edwin Rigor and PO1 Ladislao Cabello.

Samar PNP Nabs RP’S No. 8 Most Wanted Kidnapper

By ROMUEL A. NACAR
January 27, 2004

CAMP LUKBAN, Catbalogan, Samar    –  The country’s No. 8 Most Wanted Kidnapper, who carries a Five Hundred Thousand Pesos (P500,000.00) Reward in his head was captured by the police in an early morning raid last January 24 in a hinterland barangay in Gandara town, some 30 kilometers from this capital.

Reynaldo Cacho y de Veyra, of legal age, whose last known address was in #69 Ipil St., Baltazar, Caloocan City was caught flat-footed by joint elements of Regional Special Operation Group headed by PCSupt Dionisio Benito Coloma, Jr., (Ph.D) Police Regional Office 8 Regional Director, Samar Police Provincial Office headed by PSSupt Conrado Verzo Calvario (MM), Samar PNP Provincial Director, and Gandara Municipal Police Station headed by PSInsp Delfin Salas Nuñez, in his hide-out in Brgy. Sta. Elena, Gandara, Samar, a two-hour boat ride through Gandara river and one-hour hike from Brgy. Rawis, also of said town.

Cacho, a member of Estrada, KFR group, is listed No. 8 in the Most Wanted List of Kidnappers released by the National Anti-Kidnapping Task Force (NAKTAF) and is implicated in at least two kidnapping incidents victimizing children of prominent Filipino-Chinese personalities in Metro Manila last year.  He was being tracked down by police authorities by virtue of Warrant of Arrest under Criminal Case No. C-69081 for Kidnapping for Ransom issued by Hon. Judge Victoria Gabel A. Paredes of RTC Branch 124 in Caloocan City.

It was learned that a police asset informed on the whereabouts of the Tag-alog speaking suspect, who was known as “Boy” in the said barangay, and who was suspiciously spending a huge sum of money in the repair and construction of the house of his common-law wife also in said place.  It was further confirmed by some residents and the village chair in the area that subject was the same man listed in the NAKTAF most wanted list.

Upon confirmation of the information, subsequent police operation led in the arrest of the suspect last January 24, 2004 at around 4:30 o’clock in the morning.

The suspect was presented by PCSupt Dionisio Benito Coloma, Jr., (Ph.D.), to Her Excellency President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Anti-Kidnapping czar Gen. Angelo Reyes last January 26, 2004.

Cacho is the fourth KFR suspect arrested in the region, following Allan Niegas, who was listed No. 4 in the NAKTAF list and two other members of Waray-waray KFR group implicated in the Kidnap-slay of Coca Cola Executive Betty Chua-Sy.

Samar PNP Nabs Cavite's Most Wanted

By ROMUEL A. NACAR
January 27, 2004

CAMP LUKBAN, Catbalogan, Samar    –    After years in hiding, the long arms of the law has finally caught up a man considered as the Most Wanted Person in Cavite after he was arrested by operatives of the Samar PNP office in Brgy. Bunu-anan this town last January 22.

PSSupt Conrado Verzo Calvario (MM), Samar PNP Provincial Director, identified the suspect as one Celso Albos y Bendo, alias Maco, 43 years old, married and presently residing in Brgy. Lumalantang, Zumarraga, Samar.

Albos is the prime suspect in shooting to death of a police officer in Cavite sometime in 1999 and has a standing Warrant of Arrest for Murder under Criminal Case No. B-99-947 dated December 10, 1999 issued by Hon. Judge Eduardo Israel Tancuangco, Executive Judge of RTC Br. 89, Bacoor, Cavite.  After the incident, the suspect went into hiding in several places before deciding to return to his hometown in Zumarraga.

Upon receiving positive information on the whereabouts of the suspect, who was frequently seen in the vicinity of Pier I and Brgy. Bunu-anan attending to his buy-and-sell business, joint elements of Samar Police Provincial Office led by PSInsp Joseph Nicolasora Pensotes, Intelligence and Investigation Officer, together with SPO4 Romy Dauz de la Cruz, SPO3 Samuel Cua Rosales, SPO2 Fernando Monzaga, SPO2 Gil Bucatcat Castillote, SPO2 Cesar Mahinay Peñamora, PO2 Nelson Amos Lapiceros, PO2 Jose Zaldy Danday Rueda, PO2 Nestor Montejo Tuazon, PO2 Melanio Viñas Amistoso, PO1 Arthur Arquita Perdizo, PO1 Reynaldo Cabilogan Diocton, PO1 Roy Beringuel Lapura, PO1 Ervin Ariño, PO1 Jenny Nuevo Adona and PO1 Romuel Astorga Nacar, and CIDG Personnel PO3 Dandie Bonita, immediately conducted an operation which led to the arrest of the suspect after a brief chase in Brgy. Bunu-anan at around 11:30 o’clock in the morning of January 20.

Suspect was brought to the court of origin in Cavite while PSSupt Conrado Verzo Calvario (MM) had recommended the accordance of appropriate recognition to the deserving PNP personnel who participated in the successful operation.

Samar PNP Busted Carnap Syndicate

By ROMUEL A. NACAR
January 26, 2004

CAMP LUKBAN, Catbalogan, Samar  – A carnapping syndicate believed to be responsible in the series of motorcycles-stealing incidents in Catbalogan and other parts of the province had been neutralized by police authorities following the arrest of three of its members.

PSSupt Conrado Verzo Calvario (MM), Samar PNP Provincial Director, identified the suspects as Luisito Moloboco y Rosales, Danilo Moloboco y Rosales alias Danny and Josefina Concordia Y Bolledo alias Pening, all legal age and residents of San Jorge, Samar.

Information received by the Samar PNP revealed that a carnapped vehicle was being kept in the residence of Danilo Moloboco y Rosales alias Danny in Brgy. Guindapunan, San Jorge, Samar.  Upon confirmation of the information, the Samar PNP office organized a team led by PSInsp Joseph Nicolasora Pensotes, Intelligence and investigation Officer, together with SPO4 Romy Dauz de la Cruz, SPO3 Samuel Cua Rosales, SPO2 Fernando Monzaga, SPO2 Gil Bucatcat Castillote, SPO2 Cesar Mahinay Peñamora, PO2 Nelson Amos Lapiceros, PO2 Jose Zaldy Danday Rueda, PO2 Nestor Montejo Tuazon, PO2 Melanio Viñas Amistoso, PO1 Arthur Arquita Perdizo, PO1 Reynaldo Cabilogan Diocton, PO1 Roy Beringuel Lapura, PO1 Ervin Ariño, PO1 Jenny Nuevo Adona and PO1 Romuel Astorga Nacar, without wasting conducted police operation in said place last January 10 that led to apprehension of Danilo Moloboco alias Danny, who was the suspect in a carnapping incident that transpired in Catbalogan, Samar sometime in November 2003.

Upon further investigation, the team proceeded to Brgy. Sapinit, San Jorge, Samar where they were able to recover one (1) unit motorcycle, marked Yamaha Crypton, with Chassis No. 84ST001WK-220397 bearing Plate No. HG 1322, colored Red, from the possession and control of one Josefina Concordia y Bolledo alias Pening, while said motorcycle was being kept inside her residence partially dismantled.  They do further revealed that one Luisito Moloboco y Rosales alias Sito, is also a member of their syndicate.  The later was apprehended by the same team in Petron Gasoline Station in Catbalogan, Samar.

The owner of the motorcycle, one Aida Diagsay y Cemanes, an employee of Norkis Yamaha Phils., Catbalogan Branch confirmed that the recovered motorcycle was her property and positively identified Danilo and Luisito Moloboco as the same persons who took and carried away said vehicle while being parked at San Bartolome St., Catbalogan, Samar last November 18, 2003.

A case for violation of Ra 6539 (Carnapping) was already filed against the suspects at Catbalogan Municipal Trial Court docketed under Criminal Case No. Y4-A-16 while the suspects are currently detained at Samar Provincial Jail.

With the arrests of the suspects, the PNP believes that carnapping incidents in the province would be minimized while the Samar Police Provincial Office continues to do its job in combating all forms of criminalities in the province.

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