ILOILO CITY (PIA) — A total of 8,117 individuals in Western Visayas were arrested for various offenses as a result of the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) anti-criminality operations from January 1 to June 15, 2024.
This was revealed by PRO-6 Regional Operations Division Chief Police Colonel Gilbert T. Gorero during his report at the 2024 2nd quarter Peace and Order Council VI meeting held in Iloilo City last week, June 19, 2024.
The bulk of the arrest came from the campaign against wanted persons which total to around 2,835 individuals of which 489 were most wanted and 2,346 were other wanted persons
Gorero said that the PRO-6’s campaign against wanted persons had resulted in bringing 2,346 more cases to be litigated in the courts.
The second top most number of arrests came from the campaign of PRO-6 against illegal gambling where around 2,224 were nabbed and around P879,386.00 bet money were confiscated as a result of 690 operations.
During the period, Gorero added that PRO-6 efforts against illegal drugs has resulted in the recovery of a total of 37,284.037 grams of shabu and 20,251 grams of marijuana and the arrest of 1,486 drug personalities, composed of 275 high value individuals, 1,121 street level individuals and 90 newly identified drug personalities, as a result of 1,146 operations.
This was followed by 397 operations conducted against illegal fishing which resulted in the arrest of 1,138 individuals and the confiscation of a total of P 1,116,910.00 worth of fish and P100,066,140.00 worth of fishing paraphernalia.
The PRO-6 also caught a total of 340 for loose firearm violations and 94 for illegal cutting of trees.
During the meeting, Gorero reminded members of the council that crime prevention is everyone’s concern. (AAL/EJB/PIA 6)
