Teacher arrested over P500,000 fake land title deal in Camarines Sur

Inquirer.net - Oct 16, 2026

LEGAZPI CITY — Police arrested a 39-year-old teacher in an entrapment operation after she allegedly tried to sell a parcel of land for P500,000 using falsified land titles in the town of Pili in Camarines Sur. The sting operation was conducted on Wednesday at 4:15 p.m. in front of a bank in Barangay Santiago after

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