Camp BGen Efigenio C Navarro, Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro –Jaypee Banawa Caraos, 37, the number 1 most wanted person of the province of Batangas was arrested in a police manhunt operation in Magsaysay, Occidental Mindoro on Thursday, May 26, 2022 at 4:06 PM.

Occidental Mindoro Police Provincial Office Director PCOL SIMEON L GANE Jr revealed that Caraos was nabbed in a joint law enforcement operation led by operatives from Magsaysay Municipal Police Station together with Taal Municipal Police Station of Batangas Police Provincial Office.

Caraos was nabbed under a warrant of arrest issued by the Regional Trial Court, Branch 86 in Taal, Batangas for the crime of Murder with no bail recommended.

Caraos was one of the suspects accused of the killing of a PNP intelligence personnel of Alitagtag, Batangas in September 2019.

The arrested person is now under the custody of Magsaysay MPS for proper disposition.

Police Regional Office MIMAROPA Regional Director Police Brigadier General SIDNEY SULTAN HERNIA congratulated the efforts of the operating units that led to the arrest of Caraos and further urged all unit commanders to remain relentless in rounding up all wanted persons. — RPIO MIMAROPA