QUEZON CITY, April 9, 2024—The joint operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Unit (CIDU), under the leadership of PMAJ Don Don Llapitan, and District Special Operations Unit (DSOU) under PMAJ Wilfredo Taran Jr. arrested suspects Deline Pacala Banaag, 27 years old, a resident of Vicente Village, Bagong Silangan, Quezon City, and Jaywen Doctama Laurino, 24 years old, a resident of Brgy. 176 Phase 8 Bagong Silang, Caloocan, for Falsifying Private Documents.
An initial report indicates that at 12:30 PM on April 8, 2024, Arnold Delicio Cabral of Persons with Disability Affairs Office (PDAO), Quezon City reported to CIDU an increasing number of fake QCitizen IDs for Persons with Disabilities (PWD) confiscated by their office from several clients.
An entrapment operation was conducted at 1:28 PM on the same date through coordination with the Caloocan City Police Station. The complainant agreed to meet the suspects at Santo Nino de Bagong Silang, Phase 1 Brgy. 176 Bagong Silang, Caloocan City, with whom he had a previous transaction involving the delivery of fake QCitizen IDs. At the given pre-arranged signal, the suspects were arrested.
Confiscated from them were five (5) pieces of fake QCitizen ID Cards for PWDs, two (2) cellular phones, one (1) black coin purse, one (1) motorcycle key, and one (1) unit Yamaha Gravis.
The suspects will be charged with violation of Article 172 or the Falsification by Private Individuals and Use of Falsified Documents in relation to R.A 10175 or the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012.
PBGen Maranan expressed his concern, stating, “The falsification of documents is a serious offense that undermines the integrity of our official records and poses risks to public safety. Magsilbi nawang babala ito sa mga nagbabalak na gawin pa ang mga ganitong klaseng gawain.”
“We condemn these individuals who resort to falsification of our QC IDs just to benefit from discounts and other privileges. I am tasking our Persons with Disability Affairs Office to impose stricter measures in the application, issuance and usage of the QC PWD ID to deter the falsification of records,” Mayor Joy Belmonte said.
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