Farmer wanted for rape nabbed in Surigao cemetery
SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur— As thousands visited the gravesites of their departed loved ones on All Saints’ Day, law enforcers tracked down and arrested Caraga region’s eighth most wanted person inside a public cemetery in Tagbina, Surigao del Sur Sunday morning.
Joint police operatives apprehended the 45-year-old farmer around 10:05 a.m. at the Tagbina Public Cemetery in Barangay Poblacion, according to the Tagbina Municipal Police Station.
Authorities withheld the suspect’s identity, citing restrictions under Republic Act No. 10173, or the Data Privacy Act of 2012.
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He is a resident of Barangay Maglambing in this town.
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The suspect was arrested on a warrant for rape with no bail recommended for his temporary release.
The manhunt was carried out by Tagbina police personnel supervised by acting police chief Capt. Mark Steven Sarsonas, in coordination with the Surigao del Sur Provincial Intelligence Team of the Regional Intelligence Unit 13 led by Lt. Bobby Kinn Melendez.
Police said the arresting team read the suspect his constitutional rights and informed him of the provisions of the Anti-Torture Act.
An alternative recording device (ARD) was also deployed throughout the operation in compliance with Supreme Court rules on the execution of arrest warrants.
The suspect is currently detained at the Tagbina police custodial facility pending turnover to the issuing court.
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