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…
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‘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…
Virac police seize 10 sachets of shabu from jobless man
A jobless resident of Bigaa, Virac yielded 10 sachets of suspected shabu in a buy-bust operation mounted by joint elements of the Virac police, Catanduanes Provincial Intelligence Unit and the…
Man arrested 18 months after killing own mother
A fish vendor was apprehended by the police last week, two-and-a-half years after he allegedly stabbed his own mother to death and then stole her money. Capt. Lorenzo Alberto of…
Laborer collared in Virac buy-bust op
Drug enforcement agents and police personnel arrested a laborer in Virac who allegedly yielded shabu in a buy-bust operation last week. According to the belated report, personnel from the Regional…