375 wanted persons in W. Visayas hauled to jail
PHILIPPINE National Police chief Gen. Dionardo Carlos yesterday commended the Police Regional Office 6 headed by Brig. Gen. Flynn Dongbo for hauling to jail 375 wanted felons in Western Visayas during the entire month of January.
Out of the 375 persons arrested, 70 were classified as Most Wanted Persons (MWPs) and 300 were Other Wanted Persons (OWPs).
Citing a report from the PRO6, Carlos said that members of the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office had the most number of arrested MWPs, with 29; followed by the Iloilo PPO, with 16; Bacolod City Police Office, with 13; Iloilo City Police Office, with six; Capiz PPO, with four; and the Antique PPO and the Regional Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, with one arrest each.
The 305 OWPs were arrested by the following: 142 by the Negros Occidental PPO, 55 by the Iloilo CPO, 41 by the Capiz PPO, 16 by the Aklan PPO, 11 by the Iloilo CPO, five by the Guimaras PPO, and 14 by the Regional CIDG.
Carlos congratulated the heads of the arresting units from the provincial and city police offices down to the municipal police stations and the CIDG in the region for taking the lead in these notable accomplishments.
“Ituloy nyo lang ang inyong magandang sinimulan ngayong unang buwan ng taon 2022. Aasahan ko na sa darating na araw ay mas lalo pa ninyong paigtingin ang ating mga programa kontra kriminaldad, ilegal na droga, insurhensya, korapsyon at kasama na ang pag aresto sa mga indibidwal na may pananagutan sa batas upang mabigyan ng hustisya ang mga biktima at ang kanilang mga pamilya,” the top cop said.
