BY MAE SINGUAY and CYRUS GARDE
BACOLOD City – For allegedly selling fake cigarettes, an Iloilo City resident was arrested in Isabela, Negros Occidental, a police report showed.
He was the 30-year-old Joselito Onglato Jr. of Barangay Veteranz Village, Iloilo City, said municipal police head Chief Inspector Ruben Pajarito.
Onglatco was caught at the municipal public market at around 1 p.m. on Monday.
Recovered from his possession were several rims of fake cigarettes branded as Mighty, Marvel and Camel estimated to be worth P14,960.50, police said.
Onglatco was supposed to sell the fake cigarettes to Vine Malabor, who owns a store at the public market.
Onglatco was detained at the Isabela police station lockup facility.
He was facing charges for violating Republic Act 8293, or the Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines./PN
