Bacolod City’s number one most wanted person, Antonio Macasa Uy, who is facing a murder case, was arrested by operatives of the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) in the city’s Barangay 2 on Wednesday afternoon, June 14.

Captain Paul Vincent Pendon, Police Station 2 officer-in-charge, said yesterday they were able to track down the 49-year-old suspect at his house in Purok Kagaykay with the assistance of the BCPO tracker team and 65th Special Action Company personnel.

“Recently, our confidential informant told us about a certain person that has a warrant of arrest. When we validated the information, we found out he is the same person that we have been pursuing since last week,” he said in a press conference.

Uy, who was tagged in a shooting incident in Barangay Sum-ag about a year ago, has eluded the authorities since he was issued a warrant of arrest by Presiding Judge Phoebe Gargantiel-Balbin of the Regional Trial Court Branch 45 on August 31, 2022.

Pendon said previous information had led them to pursue Uy in Iloilo province’s Leon town, and Roxas City.

“We will transfer the suspect to Police Station 8, which handled the case,” he added.

Pendon said that based on police records, no other case has been filed against Uy.

“In the area of Police Station 2, information indicates that he was not involved in illegal drugs but we still have to determine the extent of his personality. We will check his background through the City Drug Enforcement Unit and City Intelligence Unit, if he is involved in illegal drug transactions in Bacolod,” he added. (PNA)