LUCENA CITY — Police arrested three suspected bet collectors for the illegal operation of Small Town Lottery (STL) called “bookies” in Lopez town in Quezon province on Saturday, police said Sunday.
Anti-illegal gambling operatives nabbed Gerry Bitoin, 56; Leoncio Purio, 50; and Mark John Oriarte, 30, while collecting and accounting money bets in Barangay (village) Gomez and Magsaysay on three different occasions, Police Major Rodelio Calawit, Lopez police chief, said in a report.
Police said the suspects failed to produce legitimate identification cards issued by Pirouette Gaming Corp., the licensed STL operator in the province, which showed they were engaged in the illegal operat…
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