LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Combined police personnel successively arrested thirty-one wanted persons in separate operations in the different parts of the Cordillera over the week.
Based on the records from the Regional Investigation and Detective Management Division (RIDMD), Baguio City Police Office recorded the highest number of arrests with 14 wanted persons arrested followed by Benguet PPO with 8 arrests, Mountain Province PPO with 6 arrests, and Kalinga & Ifugao PPO with 1 arrest each.
The weeklong manhunt operation was highlighted with the arrest of two individuals listed as Most Wanted Persons, of which, one is listed at the City Level and one at the Station Level.
As the result of intensified police presence and campaign against criminality, during the same period, 64 municipalities in the Cordillera Region and four police stations of the Baguio City Police Office recorded zero crime incidents.
In Abra, 24 out of 27 municipalities recorded zero crime incidents while in Benguet, 8 out of 13 municipalities recorded zero crime incidents.
In Kalinga, 6 out of 8 municipalities recorded zero crime incidents while 5 municipalities in Apayao recorded zero crime incidents.
Further, Loakan Police Station (PS4); Aurora Hill Police Station (PS6); Kennon Road Police Station (PS8), and Marcos Highway Police Station (PS10) recorded zero crime incidents out of 10 police stations in Baguio City.
Meanwhile, the entire province of Mountain Province & Ifugao recorded zero crime incidents for the period.