By Ephraim Aguilar
Southern Luzon Bureau
First Posted 11:15:00 09/04/2008
INQUIRER.net
LEGAZPI CITY -- Four persons were arrested as joint elements of the Crime Investigation and Detection Group and the municipal police raided a "jueteng" den in Sorsogon province Wednesday, police said Thursday.
The Bicol police identified those arrested as Renato Pura, 27; Antonio Españo, 30; Romulo Españo, 25; and Santos Palle, 29 of different villages in Gubat town.
Confiscated were betting money worth P1,354 in different denominations and illegal gambling paraphernalia.
Anti-gambling witness Sandra Cam attacked four Bicol governors -- Joey Salceda of Albay, Luis Raymond Villafuerte of Camarines Sur, Sally Lee of Sorsogon and Jesus Typoco Jr. of Camarines Norte-linking them to the resurgence of “jueteng,” an illegal numbers game likened to lotto, in the region.
She also said in the statement published in some tabloids that governors were being protected by "high-ranking officials of the Philippine National Police and the Department of Interior and Local Government."
She said other politicians were banking on jueteng money to fund their campaign in the 2010 elections.
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