NPD sweep yields 11 fugitives

Northern Police District (NPD) operatives arrested 11 fugitives, including three top-tier wanted individuals, during a series of coordinated "Warrant Day" operations across northern Metro Manila.

The region-wide dragnet led to the apprehension of three Most Wanted Persons facing charges of child abuse, statutory acts of lasciviousness, and grand carnapping, alongside eight other wanted individuals.

In Valenzuela City, officers from the Valenzuela City Police Station Warrant and Subpoena Section arrested a 39-year-old vendor in Barangay Parada around 10:40 a.m. on 6 November.

The suspect was wanted for lascivious conduct under Republic Act 7610, as amended by Republic Act 11648, under a warrant issued by Valenzuela City Regional Trial Court Branch 270 with a recommended bail of P180,000. Officers utilized body-worn cameras during the operation to ensure procedural compliance.

Later that evening, operatives from the NPD District Special Operations Unit apprehended a 32-year-old man in Barangay 177, Caloocan City, around 8 p.m.

The suspect was arrested on a warrant issued by Marikina City Regional Trial Court Branch 168 for statutory acts of lasciviousness under Article 336 of the Revised Penal Code, with bail set at P180,000.

In a separate action, the NPD District Investigation Division served an arrest warrant at around 12:30 p.m. inside the NPD Custodial Facility in Caloocan City against a 31-year-old detainee from Sampaloc, Manila.