TUBAO, La Union – An avid supporter of the Solid North party-list went missing after he was allegedly kidnapped by still unidentified mask-wearing armed men who posed as anti-narcotics agents at barangay Francia West last night.
In a social media post by Nichole Cases Tatco, she narrated that at around 9:20 pm, still undetermined and unidentified mask-wearing armed men reportedly barged into their residence and introduced themselves as personnel of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) without presenting to them any valid search warrant to justify their entering their residence.
Upon entering their residence, the armed men inquired from her father, Orville Tatco, 48, on the whereabouts of drugs where the latter replied that there are no drugs inside their residence because he is not into the use of drugs.
Worst, the armed men allegedly forced her father and her brother to lie on the ground face down and reportedly manhandled them.
Further, the armed men dragged Orville out of their residence and reportedly confiscated the various gadgets of her father and her brother.
The armed men also pointed their guns to her brother and warned him not to seek for help as they will kill him if he will attempt to inform the authorities about the said incident.
Orville was dragged outside their residence and hogtied which was witnessed by her minor cousin who was also threatened by one of the armed men by pointing a gun to her, slapped thrice and was robbed of her mobile phone.
She added that the incident was reported to the concerned police authorities but to date, there is still no update from them on her father’s whereabouts.
Her father was reportedly forced to board a black van with still unknown license plate number and was reportedly escorted by another green van where the armed men used to move away from the Tatco residence.
The kidnapped individual is not directly connected with the Solid North party-list but he had been posting items about the said party-list and he had been receiving threats from an influential politician in the province’s second district relative to the issues and concerns on the said group and another rival party-list. HENT
