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Police operatives here arrested one of the province's most wanted criminals using a warrant of arrest served against the suspect at his residence in Barangay Guerrero Dingras, Ilocos Norte last Monday.

Ilocos Norte provincial director Senior Superintendent Marlou Chan identified the arrested person as Michael Taylan.

Chan said Taylan is the prime suspect in the gunslaying of former Laoag City Councilor Pepoc Pastor.

Taylan is facing a murder charge in court.

In Laoag City, Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 13 sentenced to life imprisonment a big-time drug pusher whom local policemen arrested in March this year.

Police identified the convicted drug pusher as Virgilio Ganitano, a resident of Barangay Rioeng in Laoag City.