Police nab five over illegal cockfighting activity in Biliran town
ORMOC CITY — Police arrested five persons who took part in an illegal cockfighting activity in Barangay Bato, Biliran town, Biliran at 3:41 p.m. on Sunday, August 29.
Reymund Apolinar, 33; Anthony Panuncio, 27; Rodcint Espineda, 29; Nixon Francisco, 42; and Christopher Operio, 41, will be facing charges for violating Presidential Decree No. 449 or the Cockfighting Law of 1974.
Police Lt. Isidoro Ancero, chief of the Biliran Police Station, said they seized from the suspects a fighting cock, and a gaff.
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