ORMOC CITY– Authorities successfully arrested the top-ranked most wanted person in Biliran province and ranked eighth regionally, in a joint intelligence-driven operation conducted on March 3 in Barangay Haguikhikan, Naval, Biliran.
The operation was led by PMaj. Sherwin Amando Machete, officer-in-charge of the Naval Municipal Police Station (MPS), in coordination with the Biliran Provincial Intelligence Unit (BPIU), Provincial Investigative Detective Management Unit (PIDMU), and the Regional Intelligence Unit (RIU).
The suspect, identified as alias “Jie,” is an 18-year-old female resident of Brgy. Haguikhikan. She was apprehended by virtue of a warrant of arrest issued by Judge Jocelyn Perez Gamboa-De los Santos, presiding judge of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 62, 3rd Judicial Region, Angeles City, Pampanga, dated February 4, 2025.
She faces charges for violation of article 248 (murder) of the Revised Penal Code, with no bail recommended.
During the arrest, law enforcement officers ensured that the suspect was properly informed of the charges against her and was read her constitutional rights under the Miranda Doctrine in a language she fully understood.
She was then transported to the Naval MPS for documentation and proper disposition before being turned over to the court in Angeles City, Pampanga, where the warrant was issued.
(ROBERT DEJON)
