Staff Sgt. Gerwin Catolico (PNP-IMEG photo) MANILA - A police was arrested Sunday for allegedly selling an undocumented firearm in Bacolod City. In a statement Monday, Brig. Gen. Oliver Enmodias, chief of the Philippine National Police-Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group (PNP-IMEG), identified the suspect as Staff Sgt. Gerwin Catolico who is assigned at the Bacolod City Police Office. Catolico was arrested in an entrapment at Barangay Estefania around 10:40 a.m. for violation of Republic Act 10591 or the Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Regulation Act and the Omnibus Election Code. Citing Enmodias' report, PNP chief Gen. Dionardo Carlos said the suspect was arrested after handing over one .45 caliber pistol in exchange for money received from a poseur buyer. The suspect is the primary target under Operation Pistola for his involvement in the illegal selling of unlicensed firearms in the province of Negros and nearby areas. Carlos said that guns are a common instrument i
BACOLOD CITY - A dead man believed to be a victim of a summary execution was found at the roadside in Barangay Aguisan, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Sunday. Capt. Romulo Gepilango, deputy police chief of Himamaylan City Police Station, identified the victim as Levy Ortega, 46, of Barangay
BACOLOD CITY - A young man believed to be a drug runner was found dead in a cemetery in Barangay Granada here on Wednesday. Police identified the victim as Darwin Nuñez, 22, of Barangay Estefania here. Capt. John Christopher Masangkay, head of Police Station 5, said that Nuñez was found with slash
DRUGS SEIZED. Operatives of the Bacolod City Police Office City Drug Enforcement Unit seize PHP768,400 worth of suspected shabu from a couple in Gardenville Subdivision, Barangay Tangub on Tuesday afternoon (March 8, 2022). The suspects were identified as Roberto Dingcong and Jenny Babes Montealto.(Photo courtesy of Bacolod City Police Office) BACOLOD CITY - Some PHP1.025 million worth of suspected shabu were seized by police operatives in a series of buy-busts in this provincial capital and the neighboring Silay City in the past two days. A report of the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Police Office said suspect Jojemar Lopez, 29, yielded PHP136,000 worth of the prohibited substance during operation at Buenavista Subdivision, Barangay Guinhalaran, Silay City on Tuesday night. The poseur buyer met with Lopez, who sold him PHP1,600 worth of shabu. Also found in his possession were seven plastic sachets containing 20 grams worth PHP136,000. In Bacolod on the same day, suspect Rogelio