Reprimand causes son to shoot father

ILOILO City – In Barangay Santiago, Barotac Viejo, Iloilo, a drunken man shot his father.

The 43- year- old Alberto Mendoza was taken to the municipal police station.

His father Roberto, 65, was hit on the upper body. He was confined in the Barotac Viejo District Hospital.

Roberto was in their house when a drunken Alberto arrived, a police report

ico showed.

A heated argument ensued between them after Roberto scolded the married Alberto for allegedly having an affair. Alberto got irked and fired at his father using an improvised gun, police said.

Alberto was detained after his arrest around 8 p.m. on Monday./

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ico to resist arrest, but to no avail.

Two suspected drug dealers were caught in a police antidrug operation in Barangay Desamparados, Jaro district.

Five sachets of shabu were seized from them — two from Felipe Capamahiron, 23, of Desamparados and three from Richard Reyes, 24, of Barangay Lanit, Jaro — a police report showed.

The suspects sensed that they were transacting with an undercover officer around 10:30 p.m. on Monday.

They t r i ed t o resist but were subdued and handcuffed, the Jaro police said./

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