CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, August 7, 2012-The elements of the Pampanga, Tarlac, and Bulacan provincial offices had successfully carried out a series of anti-illegal gambling operations recently which resulted to the arrest of 19 persons and confiscation of five Video Karera machines and one fruit game machine.
Police Regional Office 3 (PRO3) Regional Director PCSUPT Edgardo Ladao said this undertaking is the agency’s way to eradicate all forms of illegal gambling specifically in Central Luzon.
And in order to totally eliminate this problem, Ladao said that the police operatives continuously conducts and monitors operations especially to the areas where illegal gambling activities have been previously reported.
Case of Violation of Presidential 1602 as amended by Republic Act 9287 is being readied against the suspects.
RA 9287, the Philippine law on illegal gambling is an act increasing the penalties for illegal number games, amending certain provisions of Presidential Decree No. 1602 that prescribes stiffer penalties on illegal gambling.
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