CEBU CITY – The Cebu Provincial Police Office (CCPO) continues its manhunt against a barangay chairman considered by authorities as “high-valued target”, who escaped from jail last week.
Regional police chief Debold Sinas said policemen are searching for Jinnefer Mercader alias Iper who allegedly broke out from the Medellin District Jail recently.
Sinas warned the police and the public that the escapee is “armed and dangerous”. “He is really armed and dangerous…kon makita ninyo ni, ayaw gyud mo pagduol ug itawag ug i-report sa polis nato kay tanang polis nakahibawo na sa iyang pag-eskapo,” he said.
“We have established joint trackers with the BJMP (Bureau of Jail Management and Penology),” Sinas said, adding they have disseminated the pictures of Mercader to all police stations and checkpoints and municipal police offices.
Pictures of Mercader also circulated over social media. Mercader, 42, is facing criminal charges of possession of illegal drugs and illegal possession of firearms. He was arrested in his house in Sitio Dapdap, Barangay Cahel in Borbon, Cebu on September 2, 2017.
Seized from Mercader’s possession were an M-4 assault rifle loaded with 20 live bullets, shabu with an estimated value of P311,000 and P120,000 cash. (John Rey Saavedra)
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