ILOILO City – Police arrested an illegal gambling suspect in Barangay Bularan, Banate, Iloilo.
Officers caught the 64-year-old Rodel Cabangal engaging in “bookies,” an illegal numbers game, a police report showed.
The Banate police took Cabangal in custody.
Gambling paraphernalia and P1,050 cash were seized from the suspect.
Operatives from the Banate police station and the Iloilo Police Provincial Office’s Provincial Special Operations Group (PSOG) arrested Cabangal at around 1:45 p.m. on March 23.
Cabangal faces a charge for violation of Republic Act 9287, which increased penalties against illegal numbers games.
The seized items were in the custody of the PSOG./PN
