DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental--A 61-year-old Lithuanian national was arrested for ignoring authorities manning a checkpoint along Locsin Street here shortly past Monday noon, April 6,
Lithuanian national Romualdas Visockas is brought to the Dumaguete City Police station after he was arrested for ignoring authorities manning a checkpoint along Locsin Street in Dumaguete City. CDN Digital photo | Florence Baesaignoring authorities manning a checkpoint along Locsin Street here shortly past Monday noon, April 6, 2020.
Charges of Disobedience, Resisting Arrest, Direct Assault and Physical Injuries will be filed against Romualdas Visockas, a resident of this city.He was then stopped at the checkpoint and asked to show a quarantine pass.This is when enforcers decided to arrest him. But the suspect resisted. At the Dumaguete Police Station, the suspect refused to cooperate with the officers who were asking for his personal information.
This prompted the police and enforcers to frisk him to get any form of identification. While doing so, the suspectCity councilor Michael Bandal, tasked as the overseer of the checkpoints here, said the arrest serves as a warning to all to observe local ordinances and policies, especially those that are done to help stop the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 .
“Let this be a lesson to all foreigners and even the people here to observe our local ordinances and policies. Kay ug dili mopatoo, we will not hesitate to arrest you like the foreigner,” he said.The comments uploaded on this site do not necessarily represent or reflect the views of management and owner of Cebudailynews. We reserve the right to exclude comments that we deem to be inconsistent with our editorial standards.
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