Lapu police draft security measures for Barangay, SK elections

Futch Anthony Inso 08/16/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — The Lapu-Lapu City police are now preparing the security measures for the upcoming Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) on October 30, 2023. Police Major Joey Bicoy, chief of the Intelligence Detection and…

Man nabbed with P7M worth of ’shabu’  in Lapu-Lapu

Futch Anthony Inso 03/30/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu—A 40-year-old man was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Sitio Seabreeze, Barangay Pusok, Lapu-Lapu City, on Wednesday evening, March 29, 2023. The arrested suspect was identified as Ramelo Carungay Aguitong, a native of Dalaguete…

Police in Lapu-Lapu undergo random drug testing

Futch Anthony Inso 01/11/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu—Around 200 police officers from the Lapu-Lapu City Police Office (LCPO) were made to undergo a random drug test on Monday morning, January 11, 2021, here. Police Colonel Arnel Banzon, director of the LCPO, said that…

Police not discounting ‘inside job’ in Lapu CESU burglary

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/04/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police are not discounting ‘inside job’ as a possible reason behind the recent burglary that occurred in a city-owned building in Lapu-Lapu City on Saturday, October 3. Police Major Jose Angelo Acupinpin, chief…

Lapu-Lapu City cops arrest 28 for not wearing face masks

06/17/2020

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – At least 28 individuals were reprimanded by the police in Lapu-Lapu City on Tuesday afternoon for going out of their homes without wearing the required face masks. Personnel of the city’s police station…

P4.25M shabu seized, woman nabbed in Soong drug bust

Alven Marie Timtim, Morexette Marie Erram, Norman Mendoza 01/26/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — More than P4 million worth of suspected shabu was confiscated from a 33-year-old female suspected drug pusher in Sitio Soong, Barangay Mactan, Lapu-Lapu City on Sunday afternoon, January 26, 2020. Ceilo Mendoza Regner…

Lapu police rescue 6 Chinese women from ‘prostitution den,’ arrest their ‘handler’

Alven Marie A. Timtim 08/27/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Chinese men are always seen visiting a pension house in Barangay Bankal, Lapu-Lapu City at night. The presence of Chinese nationals there made neighbors suspicious that the area may have been used as…

Lapu police ask witnesses in robbery, murder of Internet Cafe attendant to help in their ongoing investigation

Alven Marie Timtim 08/25/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Internet Cafe in Barangay Pajac, Lapu-Lapu City where the male cashier was robbed and killed Friday night, August 23, did have a Closed Circuit Television (CCTV). But police said that the CCTV…

Chan to vendors, residents: Clear public roads from structures, houses

Rosalie Abatayo 08/21/2019

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines—Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan has a message to the owners of structures and houses which encroach the city’s roads: “You have two days to voluntarily clear them out.” In a press conference held on Wednesday,…

Woman found dead floating under Marcelo Fernan bridge

Rosalie Abatayo and Paul Lauro 05/03/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Authorities from the Lapu-Lapu City Police Station are yet to determine the identity of a woman whose lifeless body was discovered floating under the Marcelo Fernan bridge early morning on Friday, May 3.…

Lapu police nab widow with almost P600K worth of shabu, jail four cohorts

Jessa Mae Sotto 12/02/2018

A 64-year-old widow and four others were arrested by the Lapu-Lapu City police in a buy-bust operation in Purok Yakal, Barangay Poblacion early on Sunday morning (December 2). Chief Insp. Jaime Tolentino said they recovered 18 medium…

Man nabbed for carrying gun in Radaza home

Norman V. Mendoza 02/19/2017

A 50-YEAR-OLD man was arrested at the home of suspended Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Paz Radaza after he was caught by security guards carrying an unlicensed hand gun at past 1 p.m. yesterday. Wilfred Abapo, a resident of…

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