Manila, Sept. 3 -- Police operatives in Central Luzon achieved another significant victory in their fight against crime by arresting three additional individuals who are among the region's most wanted persons (MWPs) during separate operations on Tuesday.

In Meycauayan City, Bulacan, joint police operatives arrested Gian Gabriel Manalili, tagged as the region's fourth MWP due to statutory rape and acts of lasciviousness charges.

The Regional Trial Court Branch 121 in Meycauayan City recommended no bail for Manalili, a construction worker and resident of Marilao town in the same province, for his rape charges.

In Minalin, Pampanga, police operatives nabbed Aldrich Pujeda, listed as the region's seventh MWP, also due to statutory rape cha...