Virac police authorities have filed a criminal charge for murder against one of the suspects in the May 15, 2023 stabbing of a resident of Pajo San Isidro. According to…
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Police find shabu in brgy. official’s house
A barangay treasurer considered a high value target in the anti-illegal drug campaign was arrested by the police last week after a search of her house yielded shabu. Joint forces…
Drug runners yield P375,000 worth of shabu at Tabaco port
If not for drug-sniffing dogs at Tabaco port, four suspected drug runners bringing P375,000.00 worth of shabu to unidentified personalities in Catanduanes might have slipped by authorities last week. In…
Cops seize private van loaded with hot lumber
Two men were apprehended last week while trying to smuggle undocumented lumber on board a private van in the capital town of Virac. Elements of the Virac police station flagged…
‘Prince’ arrested in shabu buy-bust
Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) collared a 24-year-old suspected drug pusher in a buy-bust operation that went down in Virac población last week. The entrapment operation against…
Tricycle driver nabbed for shabu possession
Joint elements of the police and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) last week arrested a tricycle driver in Virac for possession of shabu in a court-ordered search at his…
Rob gang member found guilty of gun sale, shabu possession
An alleged member of the Sorreda robbery gang who was arrested last year in a gun buy-bust operation has been sentenced to a long stay in prison, a hefty fine…
Half of major crimes occurred in Virac:
PNP report: Crime down for second straight year
Touting the effectiveness of its anti-criminality campaign, the Catanduanes Police Provincial Office has reported that for the second straight year, criminal incidence in the island went down by nearly six…
Court sentences Viga resident to life in prison for illegal drugs
An unemployed resident of Botinagan, Viga who was caught in possession of eight sachets of shabu has been sentenced to suffer life imprisonment and to pay a fine of P400,000.00.…
Albay native nabbed in San Andres for rapes
A resident of Batong Paloway, San Andres is set to face eight criminal charges involving sexual offenses following his arrest last week by the police. Elements of the San Andres…