{"id":18716,"date":"2026-02-13T09:48:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T01:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/?p=18716"},"modified":"2026-02-13T09:48:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T01:48:39","slug":"6-nabbed-for-drop-ball-color-game-in-nueva-ecija","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/2026\/02\/13\/6-nabbed-for-drop-ball-color-game-in-nueva-ecija\/","title":{"rendered":"6 NABBED FOR \u2018DROP BALL,\u2019 \u2018COLOR GAME\u2019 IN NUEVA ECIJA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BY KEVIN GALANG<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SIX people were arrested during an anti-illegal gambling operation conducted by operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group Nueva Ecija Provincial Field Unit in Bgy. Bakal 3, Talavera, Nueva Ecija.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>CIDG Regional Field Unit 3 chief Col. Gollod said the operation dubbed Oplan Roulette, targeted illegal \u201cDrop Ball\u201d and \u201cColor Game\u201d activities in violation of Presidential Decree 1602, which penalizes illegal gambling in the Philippines.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Arrested were alias Enriquez, 21, of Bgy. Pag-asa, Talavera, identified as the Drop Ball operator; alias \u201cBoy\u201d, 16, of Bgy. Poblacion West, Science City of Mu\u00f1oz, identified as the Color Game operator; alias \u201cValdez,\u201d 31, helper and a resident of Bgy. Bakal 3, Talavera, bettor; alias \u201cNabor,\u201d 48, a construction worker and resident of Bgy. Bakal 3, Talavera, bettor; alias \u201cCorpin,\u201d 25, a helper and resident of Bgy. Bakal 3, Talavera, bettor; and alias <\/strong><strong>\u201cFrancisco,\u201d 56, a tricycle driver and resident of Bgy. Catalanacan, Science City of Mu\u00f1oz, bettor.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Alias \u201cAyra,\u201d of Poblacion West, Mu\u00f1oz City and tagged as the owner of the gambling operation, remains at-large.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gollod said undercover operatives posed as bettors to identify the operators and players of the illegal gambling activities.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Authorities confiscated in the operation the bet money amounting to P2,048 in various denominations; a card game board; one funnel (embudo); four card game mats (tapete);\u00a0 three ping-pong balls; one color game board; and three wooden dice.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The suspects were brought to the CIDG Nueva Ecija PFU office for booking procedures and documentation and for the \u00a0filing of appropriate charges before the Provincial Prosecutor\u2019s Office of Nueva Ecija.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gollod reiterated their commitment to intensifying efforts against illegal gambling operations in the province.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY KEVIN GALANG &nbsp; &nbsp; SIX people were arrested during an anti-illegal gambling operation conducted by operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group Nueva<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18717,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18716"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18716"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18718,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18716\/revisions\/18718"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}