Councilor, 13 others arrested in Tarlac illegal online sabong raid
Camp Olivas, City of San Fernando, Pampanga — Fourteen persons including a municipal councilor were arrested in a raid at the cockpit arena Saturday in San Manuel, Tarlac.
Tarlac police commander Col. Renante Cabico identified the suspects as alleged CAJY cockpit arena operator and San Manuel municipal councilor Diosdado Sunio, 67; cockpit caretakers Natalie Icoy, 21, and Marilyn Sunio, 40; Diosdado Sunio Jr., 38; Bernie Fabro, 40; Julimar Veñeranda, 28; Mark Joseph Parong, 32; Rodrigo Teñoso Jr., 34; Ricardo Bartolome Jr., 37; Romandy Valdez, 26; Rodante Taliño, 33; all arena employees and residents of Bgy. San Felipe, San Manuel; Joseph Pilot, 35, of Bgy. Sto Tomas, Pangasinan; Eugenio Angeles, 54, of Bgy. Bakal III, Talavera, Nueva Ecija; and Ireneo Quintos Jr., 36, of Bgy. Cabangaran, San Quintin, Pangasinan.
Seized were 25 fighting cocks, P7,386 bet money, 21 boxes of rooster gaff, POS machine system, 18 blank POS receipts, a laptop, a video recorded with tripod, two computer desktops, microphone, and two weighing scales.
Sunio, who yielded a .45 caliber pistol loaded with seven live bullets, failed to present the documents for the gun.
The suspects, who will be charged with iIllegal gambling , are now at the San Manuel police jail.
