ORMOC CITY— A man listed as the fifth most wanted person in Cebu province was arrested by police in Saint Bernard, Southern Leyte on Thursday afternoon, March 12.
The suspect, identified by police as alias “Kagid,” 42, married and working as a garbage collector for a local government unit, was apprehended at about 3:58 p.m. in Barangay New Guinsaugon.
The arrest was carried out through a joint operation involving personnel from the 2nd Southern Leyte Provincial Mobile Force Company (SLPMFC), Liloan Municipal Police Station in Cebu, St. Bernard Municipal Police Station, Southern Leyte Maritime Police Station, and the St. Bernard Maritime Police.
Authorities said the suspect was arrested by virtue of a warrant of arrest issued on Aug. 29, 2024 by Judge Chonita Lara Maagad of the Regional Trial Court Branch 56 in Mandaue City, Cebu for the crime of murder. The court did not recommend bail for the suspect’s temporary liberty.
Police said the suspect was informed of the nature of his arrest and his constitutional rights in a language he understood.
He was taken to the St. Bernard Municipal Police Station for booking and documentation before being turned over to the court that issued the warrant.
(ROBERT DEJON)
