LUCENA CITY — Police arrested one of the most wanted criminals in the Calabarzon region in an operation here on Thursday afternoon.
Police Colonel Audie Madrideo, Quezon provincial police chief, said the suspect, Joshua Vargas Acaso, 23, was collared by a police team armed with an arrest warrant in his safehouse in Barangay Dalahican at 1:20 p.m.
The suspect, who is facing rape charges, is listed as number 9 among the most wanted persons in the region.
He is also listed as the number one wanted person in Pagbilao town for allegedly raping a 17-year-old female classified as person with disability (PWD) on October 21, 2019.
Acaso is now detained at the Lucena City Police Office jail.