ILOILO City – Police caught five individuals engaging in an alleged illegal cockfighting in Barangay Tagbak, Oton, Iloilo.
They were Joshua Alminante, 22 of Barangay Lanot, Oton: Gregorio Amada, 35, of Cabaluna Street, Alimodian, Iloilo; Edwin Suarnaba, 54, of Barangay Lupa, Santa Barbara, Iloilo; Gil Yucon, 45, of Mandurriao district and LG Armada, 25, of Alimodian, a police report showed.
Police confiscated 11 dead game fowls, 10 gaff blades, seven pairs of scissors, a digital weighing scale, and P10,800 bet money around 8 a.m. on Monday, it added.
The suspects were detained in the lockup cell of the Oton police station./PN
