Bulacan police collar 5 wanted persons

CITY OF MALOLOS, BULACAN — The Bulacan Police neutralized a drug suspect, arrested 12 others and apprehend five of the most wanted persons in the province. According to a report by Bulacan Police Provincial Office (BPPO) chief Police Col. Lawrence Cajipe on Tuesday, the authorities caught up with Tirso Vasallo Hernandez during a drug-bust operation in Barangay Pantubig in San Rafael town.

San Rafael Municipal Police Station (MPS) chief PLt. Col. Laurente Acquiot said that his team conducted the drug-bust in Barangay Pantubig around 10:45 p.m. Tuesday. The suspect opened fire at the arresting officers but was shot after the police retaliated.

The San Rafael MPS recovered a Smith and Wesson caliber .38 revolver with serial number 88231, two fired cartridges, two live ammunition, two fired 9mm cartridge cases and 11 heat-sealed plastic sachets containing shabu.

The arrest of the 12 drug suspects came from various drug-bust operations of the Station Drug Enforcement Unit of (SDEU) of the police of Bocaue, San Jose Del Monte, Pandi and joint team of Malolos Police and the Bulacan Provincial Intelligence Branch (PIB).

The drug-busts confiscated a total 30 plastic sachets of shabu, including the marked money.

Police officials are filing appropriate criminal complaints against the arrested suspects.

The five most wanted persons were accomplished by the of municipal police stations of Paombong, Bocaue, San Miguel, San Rafael and San Ildefonso.