A suspected member of the New People’s Army (NPA) who was arrested for illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition in Guihulngan, Negros Oriental posted bail on Monday, thus was released from police custody.
A report from the Guihulngan Police Station disclosed that the suspect, Joel Esolana Alcano, 25, married and a resident of Sitio Punong in Barangay Trinidad, Guihulngan City, was required to post bail of PHP120,000 for his temporary liberty.
Judge Mario Trinidad of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 64 issued the release order for Alcano after having posted bail, the police said.
Alcano was arrested around 10:30 a.m. last Friday in a checkpoint conducted by the 2nd Provincial Mobile Force Company of the Philippine National Police (PNP) here and the 94th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army under OPORD Sanib Puersa Dos 11/2018.
Seized from Alcano’s possession were a caliber .38 revolver with six live ammunition.
He was identified as allegedly a member of the CN1 of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army, the police report said.
Meanwhile, A suspected drug pusher, who is on the watch list of alleged drug personalities of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Valencia, Negros Oriental, was arrested during a buy-bust operation Thursday morning.
In a report, SPO3 Edilberto Euraoba III of the Negros Oriental Police identified the suspect as Herbert Imbo delos Reyes, 34, single, and a resident of Barangay East Balabag in nearby Valencia town.
Police personnel led by the town’s police chief, Chief Insp. Ronel G. Fungo, in coordination with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Administration’s (PDEA) provincial office, conducted a buy-bust operation in Barangay East Balabag and arrested the suspect after he allegedly sold suspected shabu to an undercover operative.
Recovered from the suspect were three transparent plastic sachets containing suspected shabu granules, a PHP500 marked bill used in the transaction, tin foil, and two mobile phones.
The suspect is now detained as charges for violation of Republic Act No. 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act are to be filed against him. (Judy F. Partlow/PNA)
