BAGUIO CITY – Two individuals were arrested by combined police operatives and intelligence agents during an anti-illegal gambling operation after they were found to be allegedly playing mah-jong, at Pias here Sunday night.
Senior Superintendent George Daskeo, officer-in-charge of the Baguio City Police Office (BCPO), identified the arrested individuals as Esteban Martin Luis and Walter Afidchao Cosil.
Confiscated from the arrested persons were Mahjong paraphernalia and a cash bet of P2, 280.00.
The arrested persons and the confiscated pieces of evidence were brought to the BCPO headquarters for documentation awaiting the filing of violation of the provisions of Presidential Decree (PD) 1602 against them before the city prosecutor’s office.
By Dexter A. See