{"id":19377,"date":"2026-03-30T04:16:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T20:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/?p=19377"},"modified":"2026-03-30T04:16:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T20:16:01","slug":"cidgs-anti-illegal-gambling-operations-net-23-in-bulacan-tarlac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/2026\/03\/30\/cidgs-anti-illegal-gambling-operations-net-23-in-bulacan-tarlac\/","title":{"rendered":"CIDG\u2019S ANTI-ILLEGAL GAMBLING OPERATIONS NET 23 IN BULACAN, TARLAC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>THE Criminal Investigation and Detection Group\u2019s (CIDG\u2019s) anti-illegal gambling operations have resulted in the arrest of 23 people in Bulacan and in Tarlac.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>According to CIDG Regional Field Unit 3 chief Col. Grant Gollod, the suspects in Bulacan were arrested while operating and betting in the game called \u201cdrop ball.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>He said that under \u201cOplan Roulette\u201d drive, the CIDG\u00a0 launched an operation on NIA Road, Bulacan.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Arrested were the\u00a0 alleged financier, alias \u201cChelle,\u201d 43, and operators with aliases \u201cAnnu,\u201d \u201cBal,\u201d and \u201cJoey.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Several bettors were also caught, including drivers, construction workers, and residents from Bulacan and nearby areas.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Seized were a drop ball triangle net, four betting boards with playing cards, three small rubber balls, plastic baskets and basins, and a total of P21,886\u00a0 bet money in different denominations.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gollod said the operation stemmed from reports of ongoing illegal gambling activities in the area.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The arrested suspects were brought to the CIDG Bulacan Provincial Field Unit for documentation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Meanwhile, Gollod said seven more individuals were arrested in a separate operation in Bgy. Ablang Sapang, Moncada, Tarlac.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>According to the CIDG Tarlac Provincial Field Unit headed by Lt. Col. Arvin Hosmillo, the operation was launched following a tip from a concerned citizen about illegal gambling in the area.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Among those arrested were bet takers and bettors. They were caught in the act of operating and participating in the same \u201cdrop ball\u201d gambling activity at a local fair.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Officers confiscated a funnel, a ping-pong ball, betting boards, a drop board card, two plastic baskets, and P8,410 in bet money.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The suspects were taken to the CIDG Tarlac Provincial Field Unit facing charges for violation of Presidential Decree 1602, as amended by Republic Act<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>9287. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE Criminal Investigation and Detection Group&rsquo;s (CIDG&rsquo;s) anti-illegal gambling operations have resulted in the arrest of 23 people in Bulacan and in Tarlac. According to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19378,"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\/19377"}],"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=19377"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19379,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19377\/revisions\/19379"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}