Police Files

Banilad fire

THREE persons were injured when a fire razed seven houses and partially damaged two others in barangay Banilad, Cebu City, yesterday.

Ronnie Colita, who suffered burns in his right arm and left shoulder, was rushed to a Cebu City hospital while Gregoria Opone, 87, and Mary Colita were treated by paramedics for minor burns.

The fire  broke out at 12:07 and was placed under control after 12 minutes, said Cebu City Fire Marshall Aderson Comar.

It started at the second floor of the house of Marites Delloso in Opone compound in Maria Luisa Subdivision.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation. Property damage was placed at P90,000./chito aragon

PDEA WARNING

AFTER M. Lhuillier managers were robbed by men posing as narcotic agents in Lapu-Lapu City last Oct. 5, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) chairman Undersecretary Jose S. Gutierrez Jr.   warned the public anew against fake agents.

“This is not the first time that the name of PDEA was used by rogue individuals to perpetrate illegal activities,” Gutierrez said in a press statement.

The PDEA chief said his men follow  standard operating procedures in their search operations and checkpoints.

Anti-drug operations, he said, are always coordinated with the local police and search operations are always armed with search warrants issued by court./chito aragon