Cops arrest alleged NPA medic in Eastern Samar

TACLOBAN CITY – Police arrested a 23-year-old woman listed as Eastern Samar province’s No. 1 most wanted person and an alleged member of the communist New People’s Army (NPA) during a joint law enforcement operation in Dolores town on Monday.

The Police Regional Office 8 (PRO-8) identified the arrested suspect as alias “Marie,” who is a resident of Dolores.

Police said she was allegedly assigned as medical personnel of an NPA unit under the Eastern Visayas Regional Party Committee (EVRPC), which reportedly operates in the Northern Samar towns of Gamay, Mapanas and Palapag.

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She was arrested in Sitio Casapa, Barangay Denigpi-an, Dolores, by virtue of warrants of arrest for alleged violations of Republic Act 11479, or the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020, as well as two counts of murder, three counts of frustrated murder, and robbery.

The 801st Maneuver Company of the Regional Mobile Force Battalion 8, in coordination with various police intelligence and investigation units, the Dolores Municipal Police Station, other Eastern Samar police units, and the Philippine Army’s 52nd Infantry Battalion, conducted the operation.

Authorities brought the suspect to the Dolores Municipal Police Station for documentation and proper disposition.

Brig. Gen. Romano Cardiño, PRO-8 Director,  said the arrest demonstrated the police regional office’s continuing efforts to locate and apprehend wanted individuals through intelligence-led operations and coordination with other law enforcement agencies.

He said the police would continue strengthening intelligence gathering and inter-agency cooperation to ensure that individuals facing criminal charges and outstanding arrest warrants are brought before the law./coa