BY KEVIN GALANG
CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – A series of police operations on Sunday have sent to jail five most wanted persons in Central Luzon.
In a report to Police Regional Office 3 director Brig. Gen. Jose Hidalgo Jr., members of the Masinloc police, Zambales 1st Provincial Mobile Force Company, Zambales Provincial Intelligence Unit, and the Zambales Provincial Investigation and Detective Management Unit arrested Francisco Agan Rivera alias “Baking,” 46, of Bgy. Inhobol, Masinloc, Zambales.
Rivera, who is facing acts of lasciviousness and qualified rape charges, is no. 2 in the list of most wanted men in the province.
On the same day, 19-year-old John Raner Cantores, a market helper, and no. 7 most wanted in the province, was arrested in Bgy. Palinlang, Arayat, Pampanga for robbery by use of force .
Cantores was nabbed by the Arayat police with the help of the Provincial Intelligence Team Pampanga Regional Intelligence Unit-3, Mabalacat City police, and the Regional Mobile Force Battalion 3.
In another operation in Bgy. Naglabrahan, Guimba, Nueva Ecija, authorities arrested Lorenzo Sairez, 52, a farmer and no. 2 most wanted in the province.
Sairez was caught by the Guimba police based on a warrant of arrest for illegal recruitment or large scale estafa, with no bail recommended.
Meanwhile, in Bgy. Sampaloc, Apalit, Pampanga, operatives arrested Vincent Miranda Pangilinan, 25, a farmer, and listed as no. 8 most wanted for robbery.
In Bgy. Sto. Tomas, Lubao, Pampanga, Ricardo Ocampo Sanchez, 38,t he no. 6 most wanted person in the province, was arrested for illegal drugs by the joint team from the Lubao police, PIT Pampanga RIU3, and the RMFB3.
“These successful operations reflect PRO3’s unwavering commitment to maintaining peace and order and bringing those who violate the law to justice,” Hidalgo said.

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