Camp BGen Efigenio C Navarro, Calapan City – Police Regional Office MIMAROPA Director Police Brigadier General Sidney Sultan Hernia hailed the successful joint police operation that led to the arrest of Eastern Visayas No. 8 regional-level top most wanted person in Palawan on Monday, October 31, 2022, at around 4:25 PM.

Palawan Police Provincial Office Director Police Colonel Adonis Guzman revealed that Noreto Dollano Combate, 29, a laborer, who hails from Barangay Sta Sofia, Padre Burgos, Southern Leyte, was arrested in a joint law enforcement operation led by the personnel of Police Regional Office 8’s Regional Intelligence Division led by Police Captain Mark Don Alfred P Leanza, together with the members of Coron Municipal Police Station; RDEU-RCSG Palawan; Palawan PPO 2nd Provincial Mobile Force Company, and Padre Burgos Municipal Police Station in Barangay Marcilla, Coron, Palawan.

Combate was arrested by a Warrant of Arrest (WOA) issued by the Regional Trial Court, Branch 25 in Maasin City, Southern Leyte, for the crime of Forcible Abduction with Rape about Republic Act 7610 with no bail recommended.

The arrested accused is now under police custody and will be turned over to the issuing court as soon as possible.

Meanwhile, records from the Regional Investigation and Management Division revealed that PRO MIMAROPA had already scored a total of 458 arrests of most wanted persons since January this year, a 36.31 percent increase compared to the 336 total arrests in the same period last year.

“I commend the successful collaboration of our police units that led to the success of this operation. Likewise, we acknowledge the continuous support of the community who provided information leading to the arrest of said wanted person”, PBGen Hernia said.

“Tunay na walang imposible basta tulong-tulong tayo sa pagpapatupad ng mga batas tungo pagkamit ng kaayusan, kapayapaan at kaunlaran sa ating bansa”, he added. – RPIO MIMAROPA