CEBU CITY – A policeman was arrested by fellow policemen after he was caught engaging in illegal numbers game locally known as “swertres.”
Police S/Sgt. Carlito Sanchez Tinoy, 41, and his alleged cohort Joey Dela Cruz, 42, were nabbed by operatives of the Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group-Visayas Field Unit and Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO 7) on Sunday night in Barangay Lahug, Cebu City.
Tinoy is detailed at the 701st Regional Mobile Force Batallion.
“He was consistently reported in our monitoring that he was involved in “swertres.” We received reports that he is a protector of illegal gamblers so we conducted a case build-up and we were finally able to catch him,” said Police Brig. Gen. Albert Ignatius Ferro, chief of PRO 7.
Ferro said seized from Tinoy were R4,000 cash believed to be proceeds of the illegal gambling, a government-issued .17mm Glock pistol, tally sheets and notebooks with various number combinations. (Calvin Cordova)