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Police identified the escapee as Alwen Cereño, 32.
Cereno found a chance to escape while he was being transported back to the Mambaling Police Station after he was brought to the police molecular laboratory for a COVID-19 test.
Police conducted a manhunt operation and found Cereno in Barangay Pardo.
Cereno resisted arrest and opened fire at the pursuing lawmen who retaliated and killed him.
Police Staff Sgt. Sergeant Chuby Caloscos was wounded in the leg during the shootout.
The policeman was also shot in the body. Fortunately, he was wearing a bulletproof vest at the time.
The policeman was presented to Philippine National Police chief Police Gen. Debold Sinas, who visited the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas headquarters Friday.
Published February 18, 2021, 7:57 AM
CEBU CITY The organization responsible for bringing the Lumad children in Cebu described last Monday’s police operation as “illegal seizure”.
Prof. Regletto Imbong, convenor of Save Our Schools Network Cebu, said that instead of rescue operation, what happened last Monday was “over seizure.”
“If we look at the standard protocols, there were many things that were violated,” Imbong said in a press conference at the Cebu Archbishop’s Palace last Tuesday.
Imbong said the police did not coordinate with the administration of the University of San Carlos-Talamban Campus (USC-TC).
The police also didn’t have search and arrest warrants when they barged into the retreat house and arrested seven persons, including a teacher, Imbong said.
SunStar Kidnapping, other charges filed against 2 teachers, 5 Lumads
CEBU. Investigators from the Commission on Human Rights Central Visayas (CHR 7) meet with the parents of some of the Lumad children who attended the Bakwit School in the University of San Carlos Talamban campus. / BENJIE TALISIC
+ February 18, 2021 CHARGES of kidnapping, serious illegal detention and qualified trafficking in persons were filed online Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, against two Bakwit School teachers, three adult Lumad students and two Lumad elders.
The charges were filed by the Philippine National Police Anti-Kidnapping Group (AKG) before the Davao del Norte Provincial Prosecutors’ Office in Tagum City during virtual inquest proceedings held via Zoom videoconferencing app at the Police Regional Office Central Visayas (PRO 7) Wednesday.
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Data released by the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO 7) showed that 101 anti-illegal drug operations were conducted from Feb. 1 to 7 in which 751.19 grams of shabu amounting to P5,108,092 were confiscated and 142 drug suspects were arrested.
The Regional Police Drug Enforcement Unit seized 359.10 grams of shabu worth P2,441,880 from three persons in three separate operations.
The Cebu City Police Office had the second highest haul with 277.91 grams of shabu worth P1,889,788.00 and the arrest of 40 persons in 27 operations.
The Bohol Police Provincial Office confiscated 41.21 grams of shabu worth P280,228 in 11 operations and arrested 13 drug suspects.
In the same period, 78 anti-illegal gambling operations in which 202 suspects and P18,786 were seized and arrested.