LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Thirty-seven persons involved in illegal gambling activities were arrested while five cockpit rings were destroyed following the intensified anti-gambling operations in the different parts of the region over the past several days.
Based on the report submitted to PROCOR Regional Director, PBGen Mafelino A. Bazar, 27 gamblers were arrested for playing illegal card games, 2 were caught engaging in illegal cock-fighting activities and 8 individuals were arrested for illegally collecting bet money for jueteng.
Of the 27 arrested individuals, 9 were arrested in Bangued, Abra; 4 in Manabo, Abra; 7 in Upper QM, Baguio City; 3 in La Trinidad, Benguet; and 4 in Tabuk City, Kalinga. They were all caught in the act of playing card games and mahjong.
Meanwhile, the two individuals were caught in the act of engaging in illegal cockfighting activity in Kias, Baguio City while, 8 individuals were caught in the act of collecting bet money in Bauko, Mountain Province.
All arrested suspects and confiscated evidence are now in the custody of the concerned operating units for proper documentation while appropriate charges were filed against the suspects.
In addition, as part of the anti-illegal gambling operations conducted, 5 cockpit rings were separately dismantled in barangay Ambuklao, Bokod; barangay Ambassador, Tublay; barangay Abiang, Atok; barangay Nangalisan, Tuba; and barangay Poblacion, Kibungan, all in Benguet.