POLICE FILES

FARMER WITH GUNS ARRESTED

A FARMER was arrested after police found guns in his home during a raid in barangay Talavera, Toledo City, midwest Cebu.

A revolver and an improvised shotgun were found at the house of Rogelio Codino.

Members of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in Central Visayas conducted the raid after they received reports that the farmer was seen brandishing firearms in sitio Ylaya.

A search warrant issued by Regional Trial Court Judge Hermis Montero Branch 59 of Toledo City was used in the raid. CORRESPONDENT CHITO O. ARAGON

MAN NABBED FOR SHABU

POLICE arrested a man after a pack of suspected shabu was found in a motorcycle he was driving in barangay Casili, Mandaue City, at noon Thursday.

Argie Gonzaga, 27, of barangay Nangka, Consolacion town, was flagged down in a checkpoint.

During the inspection, police found the suspected drugs in the U-box of the motorcycle.

Gonzaga denied owning the shabu. CORRESPONDENT NORMAN V. MENDOZA

2 MEN FINED FOR DUMPING GARBAGE

TWO men in a multicab were apprehended after they were caught dumping garbage on Ouano Avenue, barangay Subangdaku, Mandaue City.

Police said Henry Purgatorio 36, and Randy Jaca 37, of barangay Inayawan, Cebu City, were arrested around 11 p.m. last Wednesday.

They were released on Friday after paying a P7,000 fine.

Police seized a multicab used by the two men in dumping the garbage.

Police said the men were cited for violation of Republic Act 9003 of the Ecological Solid Waste Program. CORRESPONDENT NORMAN V. MENDOZA

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