Camp BGen Efigenio C Navarro, Calapan City – Three (3) individuals were arrested in a law enforcement operation in Sitio Bayoyan, Barangay Buluang, Busuanga, Palawan on January 2, 2024.

Report revealed that at about 4:30 PM, alias “Eljay” (24); alias “Ronald” (24); and alias “Jeran” (27), all residents of Sitio Tabuk, Barangay Buenavista, Sablayan, Occidental, Mindoro, were apprehended by the personnel of Busuanga Municipal Police Station through a report from Barangay Official of the said locality for their alleged engagement in illegal fishing activity using dynamite explosive.

Confiscated from the suspects possession were approximately 300 kilos of assorted fish (Solid and Ilak) with an estimated market value amounting to Php30,000.00, and other paraphernalia.

Arrested persons are now under police custody for proper disposition pending the filing of charges for Violation of R.A. 8550 (The Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998).