Camp BGen Efigenio C Navarro, Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro – Police Regional Office MIMAROPA, under the leadership of PBGEN SIDNEY SULTAN HERNIA, has arrested MIMAROPA region’s top 1 most wanted person in Palawan on Thursday, October 13, 2022 at 11:40 AM.

Palawan Police Provincial Office Police Colonel Adonis B Guzman revealed that Epelimenico Flores Diaz, 56, listed as PRO MIMAROPA regional-level top 1 most wanted person, was arrested in a joint law enforcement operation led by the personnel of Rizal Municipal Police Station together with the elements from the Regional Intelligence Unit 4B under the PNP-Intelligence Group in Purok Pag-asa, Barangay Antipuluan, Narra, of the said province.

Diaz has a pending Warrant of Arrest (WOA) issued by the Regional Trial Court, Branch 165 in Brookes Point, Palawan dated July 19, 2022 for three (3) counts of Rape with no bail recommended.

Since January this year, PRO MIMAROPA had already arrested a total of 431 most wanted persons, based on the data from the Regional Investigation and Management Division.

“I commend the unrelenting efforts of our men that led to the arrest of the said wanted personality. Rest assured that we will maintain this vigor in launching manhunt operations as part of our anti-criminality campaign to ensure the continuing peace and order in the entire region.”, PBGen Hernia remarked.

Arrested person is now in police custody and will be turned over to the issuing court as soon as possible. – RPIO MIMAROPA