Criminal gang finally caught
Suspects from one of the barangay in Sta. Catalina was seized with three homemade 12-gauge shotguns, a cal. 38 homemade revolver, and several rounds of ammunition of different calibers last Thursday by the Criminal Investigation & Detection Group (CIDG) in Negros Oriental.
With full support from the 79th Infantry Battalion, the Provincial Public Safety Company and the Sta. Catalina police station provided three search warrants in the hinterland barangay of Talalak in Sta. Catalina.
Criminals taken in
The members of the suspected criminal gang were said to be residing in the sub-villages of Lo-as, Ondol and Tamlang, several kilometers apart from each other in Barangay Talalak. It took the investigators more than ten hours to walk on foot to reach the residence of Franco Delicano, who is a 59 years old, married leader of the group, in Sitio Ondol.
After this, the law enforcers continued to Lo-as to serve the search warrant for Edwin dela Cruz, 49 years old, married, who has a pending warrant of arrest for attempted murder issued by Regional Trial Court Branch 36 Judge Ananson Jayme in Bayawan City, and another search warrant for Herman Cadayday.
The following were taken into custody by the law enforcers: Delicano, Dela Cruz and Cadayday. The fourth search warrant for Maning Oblemo and Nelson Oblemo were also served but the subjects were not around at that moment.
One homemade shotgun with magazine, 18 pieces live ammunition of 12 gauge shotgun, one Cal. 38 revolver with four live ammunition and 16 pieces live ammunition for cal. 45 pistol were discovered from the residence of Delicano that very same day too.
