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Kagawad bet in Manila arrested while campaigning over fake seasoning

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Champ de Lunas, ABS-CBN News

<p>MANILA — Police arrested a candidate for barangay kagawad in Manila this weekend for allegedly selling fake food seasoning in Calamba City in Laguna province.</p><p>The 67-year-old woman was arrested by Pandacan police on Saturday morning based on a warrant of arrest issued by Judge Maria Florencia Baculo of Calamba Regional Trial Court Branch 34 on September 12.</p><p>The woman — accused of violating the Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines — was arrested while she was campaigning in Paco, Manila, according to Police Maj. Phillip Ines, spokesperson of the Manila police.</p><p>&quot;Walang sinayang na pagkakataon sinerve sa kaniya itong mandamiento de aresto,&quot; Ines said.</p><p>(Without wasting an opportunity, the warrant of arrest was served on her.)</p><p>He added that the woman&#x27;s candidacy would push through although he believes the arrest would affect her campaign.</p><div><strong>DECADE-OLD CASE</strong></div><p>The woman said she did not know that there was an existing warrant against her since she thought the case was dismissed in 2012. </p><p>&quot;Hindi ko nga po alam e, matagal na po kasi &#x27;yung kaso na yun,&quot; she said.</p><p>(I don&#x27;t know about it, that case was a long time ago.)</p><p>She also denied having knowledge that the food seasoning she was selling was fake: &quot;Namili po ako niyan sa Divisoria &#x27;di ko naman pala alam na peke &#x27;yun.&quot;</p><p>(I bought that in Divisoria, I didn&#x27;t know it was fake.)</p><p>The woman was detained at the custodial facility of Manila Police Station 10 and is set to post bail on Monday.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/10/21/23/most-wanted-dahil-sa-investment-scam-arestado">&#x27;Most wanted&#x27; dahil sa investment scam, tiklo sa Maynila</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/10/17/23/3-arestado-sa-pampanga-dahil-sa-black-dollar-scam">3 arestado sa Pampanga dahil sa &#x27;black dollar scam&#x27;</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/06/23/23/2-suspek-sa-pamemeke-ng-pwd-id-sa-maynila-arestado">2 suspek sa pamemeke ng PWD ID sa Maynila, arestado</a></li></ul><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2846907" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

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Kagawad bet in Manila arrested while campaigning over fake seasoning

Champ de Lunas,

ABS-CBN News

Published October 22, 2023 09:02 AM PHT

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