P150,000 bounty offered for arrest of killers of Ilocos Norte cop

The bullet-riddled vehicle of a slain policeman was discovered at Saludares village in Dingras town, Ilocos Norte on Oct. 13. (Photo courtesy of Philippine National Police)

LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte—Authorities offered a P150,000 reward to anyone who could offer information leading to the capture of the killers of an Ilocos Norte policeman in Dingras town on Oct. 13.

At a press briefing on Thursday(Oct. 20), police said the reward was pooled by the police, relatives, and friends of slain Staff Sergeant Jackson Raymundo.

Raymundo, who figured in what the police described as an “inhumane shooting incident,” was an Intel operative.

Police Lt. Col. Roger Digmayo, spokesperson for the Ilocos Norte provincial police office (INPPO), were looking into the cases handled by Raymundo as a possible motive for his killing.

Digmayo said any information from the public could help them strengthen their case.

“We do not believe that incident was only committed by one person,” added Digmayo.

Raymundo was “brutally killed” around midnight, with police finding his “bullet-ridden” vehicle dumped at an irrigation canal in the middle of farmland at Saludares village in Dingras, the police said.

According to the investigators, his body was stuffed inside the car’s compartment and he died while being treated at Mariano Marcos Memorial Hospital and Medical Center in Batac City.

The police assured that the informant’s identity would be kept confidential and that his or her security would be a top priority.

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