The Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) arrested 73 wanted persons and 38 illegal fishers from March 4 to 13. IPPO record showed of the 73, 11 belonged to the Top 10 lists of wanted persons. In the campaign against illegal fishing, 38 were apprehended in 17 operations. The Concepcion police station conducted the most number of operations at eight. Moreover, IPPO arrested 13 drug suspects in 13 buy-bust operations conducted by the Tigbauan, Leganes, Pavia, San Miguel, Santa Barbara, Pototan, Barotac Nuevo, Dingle, San Enrique, Concepcion, Estancia, San Rafael, and Sara police stations.

Silubrico, R. (2023, March 15). IPPO nets 73 fugitives, 38 illegal fishers in 10 days. Panay News, p. 3.