DATU ODIN SINSUAT, Maguindanao del Norte – Police arrested five individuals during an anti-illegal cockfighting operation in Barangay Semba on Sunday afternoon, August 10, 2025.
The suspects, identified as Badrudin, Anwar, Ahmid, Jomar, and Marouf—all residents of the area—were caught in the act following a tip-off from a concerned citizen about an ongoing illegal sabong.
At around 1:20 p.m., operatives from the Datu Odin Sinsuat Municipal Police Station (DOS MPS), led by Deputy Chief of Police for Operations Police Captain Sammy Paning and under the supervision of Police Lieutenant Colonel Esmael Madin, immediately responded to the report.
Seized from the suspects were two high-breed fighting cocks and a cockfighting cage (tarikan), which are now in police custody for documentation and proper disposition.
The arrested individuals are facing charges for violation of Presidential Decree 449, or the Cockfighting Law of 1974.