ILOILO City – Five persons were arrested for illegal cockfighting in Barangay Guzman-Jesena, Mandurriao district.
Police identified them as Agustin Duting, 26; Jaypee Tamonan, 36; Francis Academia,31; Renato Cabolnero, 26; and Ronilo Alovera, 37.
Police confiscated from them were two game fowls and P2,100 bet money around 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, a police report showed.
Detained in the lockup cell of the Mandurriao district, the suspects face charges for violation of Presidential Decree 1602, which prescribes stiffer penalties on illegal gambling./PN
