ILOILO City – Eight persons were caught engaging in illegal cockfighting in Barangay Bulwang, Numancia, Aklan.
Police identified them as Danilo Zonio, 52; Roel Inac, 33; Eliseo Lachica, 37; Ronel Gomez, 27; Joseph Basid, 41; Edsel Lachica, 25; Jeffrey Del Rosario, 42; and Ralph Anthony Fernandez, 25 – all residents of the town.
Two game fowls and P4,740 bet money were recovered during the suspects’ apprehension around 3:30 p.m. on Aug. 2 were The suspects were detained in the custodial facility of the Numancia municipal police station, facing charges for charges for violation of Presidential Decree 449, or the Cockfighting Law of 1974./PN
