Camp BGen Efigenio C Navarro, Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro – Police arrested a 52-year-old man in an anti-illegal gambling operation in Naujan, Oriental Mindoro on February 13, 2024.

Police report revealed that joint personnel of Naujan Municipal Police Station and Oriental Mindoro PPO PIU, arrested alias “Thelmo”, 52, after being caught in the act of collecting bet money without proper authority coming from the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) in Brgy. Inarawan, Naujan, Oriental Mindoro at around 4:55 PM.

The authorities confiscated eighteen (18) pieces of betting materials (lastilyas); two (2) pieces of paper improvised betting materials (lastilyas), and bet money amounting to PhP2,192.00 from the suspects’ possession.

Arrested suspect is now under police custody pending the filing of charges of violation of R.A. 9287.