20 illegal vendors nabbed in QC

MANILA, Philippines - Quezon City police officers arrested 20 people accused of illegally peddling their wares at a pedestrian overpass along Commonwealth Avenue Monday afternoon, four days after the policeman in charge of operations against illegal vendors was ambushed in the area.

The vendors were charged in court for violating a city ordinance prohibiting the selling of merchandise without permits and for obstructing the Litex overpass along Commonwealth Avenue, said Police Officer 2 Julius Balbuena.

Senior Police Officer 4 Edward Torio, was officer-in-charge of the Quezon City Police District’s Task Force Commonwealth, was ambushed by motorcycle riding gunmen along Commonwealth Avenue on Dec. 5. Among the responsibilities of the task force include the conduct of sidewalk clearing operations against illegal vendors.