CITY OF SAN FERNANDO—A store in Barangay San Agustin here was ordered closed by the city government over the weekend for violating an order prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages in the city.
A buy-bust operation was conducted at the store by the Philippine National Police (PNP) San Fernando, Business License and Permit Division, and the City Health Office-Environmental Health and Sanitation Division on Saturday, which resulted in the issuance of the closure order and the arrest of three individuals—the seller and two customers.
More than a thousand bottles of alcoholic beverages of different kinds amounting to at least P70,000 and P250 cash were confiscated from the seller.
The apprehended individuals now have to post bail of around P3,000 for their release under the offenses of “non-cooperation and disobedience.”
It can be recalled that on March 23, 2020, Mayor Edwin Santiago released Executive Order CMO 2020-031, ordering the temporary ban on any person to sell, furnish, offer, buy, or serve intoxicating liquor within the capital city.