21 most wanted in Central Luzon arrested

CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga, Philippines — At least 21 most wanted persons in Central Luzon were arrested in a series of police operations in the past two days.

Chief Superintendent Amador Corpus, Central Luzon police director, said the operations were launched in Bulacan, Pampanga, Nueva Ecija, Tarlac and Olongapo.

The arrest of Maheender dela Cruz, Mark Diaz, Virgilio Villafuerte, Aron Ashley Karl Morata, Kenneth Bingil and Buenaventura Ople in Bulacan;  Jesus Lmomotan, Crispin Bulanadi, Priscila Abacano, John Edmar Linsangan and Celda Maghinang in Nueva Ecija, and Jeffrey Manansala, Abegail de Guia, Lecilda Lavinir and Kim Bennet in Pampanga were based on warrants issued by local courts.

Barbie Ann Go, Emerito Cordero, Ronnie Bacani and Alfie Galvan were collared in Tarlac while Joseph Azurin and Christopher Buenaventura were nabbed in Olongapo City.