Law enforcement operatives led by the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group arrested a 65-year-old man and rescued 19 protected birds valued at ₱200,000 during an entrapment operation in Barangay 30, Bacolod City, on Thursday, September 3.
The suspect, identified by authorities only as alias “Ancheto,” was caught in a buy-bust sting operation.
He faces charges for the illegal possession and trading of wildlife under Section 27 of Republic Act No. 9147, otherwise known as the Wildlife Resources Conservation and Protection Act.
During the operation, operatives recovered marked buy-bust cash and boodle money, alongside 11 bird cages containing five Philippine Serpent Eagles, eight Martanico birds, two Green Parrots, two Coleto birds, a Grass Owl, and a Sagaksak.
Following an on-site inventory witnessed by local barangay officials, the suspect and the confiscated animals were taken into custody for booking, documentation, and the filing of formal complaints before the Bacolod City Prosecutor’s Office.
The operation was led by the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group Negros Occidental Provincial Field Unit (CIDG-NOCPFU) and supported by the CIDG Bacolod City Field Unit, the Negros Occidental Maritime Police Station, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources–Community Environment and Natural Resources Office Bago City, and Police Station 6 of the Bacolod City Police Office . *
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