Cops bust ‘e-sabong’ in Manila; 174 arrested

2026-03-25 - 21:50

The police have busted a group behind an electronic cockfighting (“e-sabong”) operation conducting around 500 cockfights daily in a Manila coliseum, resulting in the arrest of 174 people, mostly bettors. Col. John Guiagui, the head of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in the National Capital Region (CIDG – NCR), told reporters that they raided