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West Visayas policemen nab top NPA leader

December 9, 2023 Alfred P. Dalizon 509 views

POLICE Regional Office (PRO)-6 director Brigadier General Sydney N. Villaflor announced last Saturday the arrest of Cagayan Valley’s 2nd most wanted New People’s Army rebel and his three other accomplices in a relentless manhunt in Tigbauan, Iloilo on Wednesday.

Members of the PRO-6 Regional Intelligence Division with the support of officers from the Regional Mobile Force Battalion and the Miag-ao and Tigbauan Municipal Police Stations captured the NPA leader, identified through his aliases Mig, Joan and Ron-ron, was arrested in Brgy. Buyu-an in Tigbauan past 12:00 noon Wednesday.

Villaflor said that the suspect is the subject of a warrant of arrest for attempted murder with a P120,000 recommended bail; double destructive arson with no bail recommended and multiple attempted murder with a P120,00 bail recommended by Judge Irene Didulo.

He is also the subject of another warrant for direct assault with attempted homicide with a P36,000 recommended bail and another warrant for multiple attempted murder with a P120,000 bail recommended by the court.

Three different regional trial courts ordered the arrest of the suspect.

During the operation, police also arrested three other persons, alias Filomena, Fe and Manuel, for providing material support to the accused.

All three who are now being held at the Tigbauan police jail and will be facing charges for violation of Republic Act 11479 or the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020, said Villaflor.

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