BACOLOD City – Police caught three suspects – one of them a minor – playing an illegal card game in Barangay Camindangan, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental.
The suspects were identified as 37-year-old Romel Espura, 20-year-old Pearl Joy Recalpaza and a 15-year-old minor, police said.
Bet money which amounted to P109 and gambling paraphernalia were confiscated from the suspects.
Police turned over the minor to the Department of Social Welfare and Development.
Espura and Recalpaza were detained in the lockup cell of Sipalay police station.
The arrest happened on Sunday./PN