OPERATIVES of the Police Regional Office 7 raided a cockpit joint in San Fernando, Cebu where cockfighting games being beamed via Facebook are reportedly being held daily.
Arrested during the operation was an employee of the banned games in San Fernando municipality identified as Donn Caezar Caballero, a 23-year-old resident of Bgy. Lagtang in Talisay City, Cebu.
Caballero was nabbed in an entrapment operation in the mountainous part of Bgy. Bugho in San Fernando town around 7:30 a.m. Monday.
Members of the Regional Anti-Cybercrime Unit 7, the PRO7 Regional Intelligence Division and Regional Mobile Force Battalion, the Cebu Provincial Police Office and the San Fernando Municipal Police Station conducted the anti-illegal gambling operation.
Seven other suspects managed to escape after sensing the presence of the approaching lawmen.
Seized were cameras, sets of system unit, 28 dead fighting cocks, 28 severely-wounded roosters, assorted identification cards, several gaffs and ties, and P528 in different denominations.
