ILOILO City- Police arrested a suspected illegal cockpit maintainer in Barangay Rizal Pala-Pala, City Proper.
Joem Polmo, a resident of the village, was caught around at 1:20 p.m. on March 29, a police report showed.
Polmo’s apprehension came after police conducted an operation in the said village.
At least nine persons inside the cockpit however managed to evade police capture, leaving Polmo who resisted arrest but was later subdued.
Recovered from the suspect were nine game fowls.
Polmo was taken to Police Station 1. He faces charges for violation of Presidential Decree 1602, or the anti-illegal gambling law./PN
