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NE town cop chief sacked over jueteng

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CABANATUAN CITY — The police chief of Talavera town in Nueva Ecija has been relieved from his post following a raid on a suspected jueteng den in his turf last Saturday.

Chief Superintendent Alejandro Lapinid, Central Luzon police director, sacked Chief Inspector Fernando Galang and designated Chief Inspector Arnel Libed as officer-in-charge of the Talavera police.

Senior Superintendent Alex Paul Monteagudo, Nueva Ecija police director, said Galang’s relief was in line with the "one-strike policy" of Philippine National Police chief Director General Arturo Lomibao against jueteng.

Under the policy, a police station commander is sacked after just one successful raid on a jueteng den in his area of jurisdiction.

Monteagudo said Galang’s relief came after a police team, led by Superintendent Roel Obusan, chief of the provincial investigation and intelligence branch, swooped down on a jueteng den in Barangay Poblacion Sur, Talavera town and arrested 13 jueteng personnel last Saturday.

The jueteng den was located just a few blocks away from the municipal hall and police station.

Obusan’s team seized P1,234 in jueteng bets and impounded a green L-300 Versa van with license plate DWW 609.

Police identified a certain Castelo and Oreng, both based in Metro Manila, as the jueteng financier and maintainer, respectively.

Jueteng
grounded to a halt in Nueva Ecija after Lomibao ordered a nationwide crackdown on the illegal numbers game, although there are visible attempts to revive it in some parts of the province. — Manny Galvez

BARANGAY POBLACION SUR

CASTELO AND ORENG

CENTRAL LUZON

CHIEF INSPECTOR ARNEL LIBED

CHIEF INSPECTOR FERNANDO GALANG

CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT ALEJANDRO LAPINID

DIRECTOR GENERAL ARTURO LOMIBAO

JUETENG

NUEVA ECIJA

POLICE

TALAVERA

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