Attempted homicide (hacking)
At about 4:00 PM of March 30, 2018, a hacking incident transpired at Barangay Pieza, Lamut, Ifugao. The victim was identified as Elmer Dacuzo Dela Cruz, 48 year old, married, farmer while the suspect was identified as Renato Bunhi Buccahan, 32 year old, married, farmer. Both are residents of the same place. Initial investigation disclosed that in the morning of March 30, 2018 the victim and his friends went to the river to have a picnic and at around 2:30 PM of the same date, they decided to continue their drinking session at the residence of Peter Inahog. While drinking, the suspect came walking along the road, pointed his fingers to Peter Inahog, challenged him to a fight, and chased the latter but he ran away. The suspect then saw the victim who was drunk and sitting at the sala and hacked him. The victim sustained a laceration wound on his left eye and was immediately brought by concerned citizens to the Panopdopan District Hospital. Responding PNP personnel were able to arrest the suspect at his residence and confiscated his bolo then brought him to Lamut MPS for documentation and other legal processes. A case of frustrated homicide is being prepared against him.
Cordillera’s no. 5 most wanted person
and 17 others fall
After more than three years of evading the long hand of the law, the region’s No. 5 Top Most Wanted Person (TMWP) for 2017 and for the 1st and 2nd Quarter of this year who is charged for the crime of murder finally landed in jail after he was nabbed in the morning of April 2, 2018 in front of the PRBS office at Camp Crame, Quezon City.
Police Chief Superintendent Edward E Carranza, regional director of PROCOR, identified the arrested suspect as Diosdado Mirador Mejala, former Chief of Police of Tubao, La Union with a rank of Police Chief Inspector.
Mejala is one of the suspects in the murder of Frank Joselito Dacanay Lopez on June 17, 2014 whose cadaver was dumped at Suello Village, Baguio City. The killing took place after the victim openly criticized the proliferation of flies in Tubao allegedly caused by poultry farms.
Before he went into hiding, Mejala was reassigned to MIMAROPA in 2008 after he was charged for the crime of murder. The case against him was later dismissed due to lack of probable cause, however, it was refiled after a reinvestigation thus the issuance of a warrant for his arrest on July 23, 2015 but he remained at large as he was reportedly hiding in Tubao, La Union.
The arrest of Mejala is a result of the intensified intelligence networking of the combined detectives of CIDG DSOU, CIDG RFU Cordillera and Regional Intelligence Division of PRO-Cordillera which eventually paid off. Judge Maria Ligaya V Itliong-Rivera, Presiding Judge, RTC Br 5, Baguio City did not set a bail bond for his temporary liberty.
Moreover, one more TMWP and 16 other wanted persons were nabbed on March 29, 2018 to April 2, 2018.
Carranza lauded the members of the operating units for the arrest of the wanted persons and encouraged all units in the region to sustain the operation against wanted persons.
“Putting all wanted persons behind bars will greatly help in achieving lasting peace in our community, thus, the cooperation of the public is being solicited to help our law enforcers arrest criminal suspects in our region the soonest,” Carranza stressed.
Viloation of Sec. 68 of PD 705
At about 8:45 AM to 10:00 AM of April 4, 2018, at Sitio Dagawe, Brgy. Poblacion, Paracelis, Mountain Province, joint personnel from RID PRO-COR, PIB, PIDMB, Paracelis MPS, MPPMFC, Roxas MPS (Isabela PPO, PRO 2) and CIDG Mtn. Province, simultaneously served the warrants of arrest issued by Presiding Judge Bernabe B. Mendoza of RTC, 2nd Judicial Region, Br. 23, Roxas Isabela for Viol. of Sec. 68 of PD 705, docketed as CC No. 23-3300-18 with bail of Php 40,000.00. Arrested were the following:
Ralph Bacwadang Matib, 28 years old, born on February 13, 1990, farmer, married, native and a resident of Bananao, Paracelis,Mountain Province;
Alex Chawating Ngafitna, 43 yrs old, born March 7, 1975, farmer, married, and a resident of Licoy, Poblacion, Paracelis, Mtn. Province; and
Percival Baliwang Pacha-eo, 23 years old, born April 27, 1994, farmer, single and a resident of Sitio Badok, Poblacion, Paracelis, Mountain Province.
They were brought to Paracelis MPS for documentation prior to turnover to the court.
Two arrested in Baguio drug bust
A member of a local drug group operating in Baguio and Benguet and his cohort fell in a sting operation orchestrated by anti-narcotics agents from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Baguio and Benguet inside a local inn along Marcos Highway, Baguio City.
Mohammad Amanoden Lacsa alias Najib Lawi, 38 years old, married, security guard, member of a local drug group and a resident of Pinewood Subdivision, Crystal Cave, Bakakeng Central, Baguio City was arrested together with Aminodin Ali Bitor alias Al, 33 years old, vendor and a resident of Campo Sioco, Baguio City after selling a sachet of suspected shabu worth P5,000 to an undercover agent.
Upon their arrest, both suspects yielded two more sachets of suspected shabu, the buy-bust money and two mobile phones.
They are now temporarily detained at the PDEA-CAR detention facility pending the filing of a cases for violation of Republic Act Number 9165 otherwise known as “The Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002”.**PDEA-CAR
