Camp BGen Efigenio C Navarro, Calapan City – Police collared eight ( individuals wanted for illegal gambling in a police law enforcement operation in Araceli, Palawan in the morning of June 26, 2023.

Report revealed that Jona Plascencia Lozano, 46; Beverlyn Revillas Valdescona, 51; Mary Jane Acosta Pantinople, 53; Jennilyn Barong Songcayaon, 37; Meriam Palay Palad, 32; Vergenita Agawin Tabang, 56; Gerald Acosta Agawin, 27; and Jose Abrina Acosta, 50, were apprehended by the personnel of Araceli Municipal Police Station together with Palawan PPO Provincial Intelligence Unit; 2nd Provincial Mobile Force Company; Palawan CIT-RID 4B and Dumaran Municipal Police Station in Sitio Ongolan, Brgy. Poblacion, Araceli, of the said locality.

The arrests were made by virtue of warrant of arrest issued by the Municipal Circuit Trial Court of Araceli-Dumaran in Palawan for violation of section 1(A)(1) of P.D. 1602, with recommended bail of Php30,000 each.

Arrested persons are now under police custody and will be turned over to issuing courts for proper disposition.