Authorities arrested Nico Cruz Garcia, a former police officer wanted for murder, in an operation Brgy. Panipuan, San Fernando, Pampanga.
The 49-year-old suspect, who had been evading authorities since 2006, was arrested by virtue of a warrant of arrest for murder issued by the Regional Trial Court, Branch 142, Makati City.
The warrant, issued on November 15, 2006, carried a no-bail recommendation, underscoring the gravity of the charges.
The arrest was carried out through the joint efforts of multiple law enforcement units, including the Station Intelligence Section and Warrant and Subpoena Unit. Vince Lopez
Other participating units included Pampanga Police Provincial Office, San Fernando, Mexico and Macabebe Municipal Police Stations, 1st and 2nd Provincial Mobile Force Companies, and SDIT, Regional Intelligence Unit-National Capital Region-Intelligence Group (RIU-NCR-IG), all working in collaboration to ensure the suspect’s capture.