• THERESA MAE DULMAN
Police arrested two robbery suspects in the cities of Bacolod and La Carlota Nov. 3, and recovered the stolen belongings as well as illegal drugs, the Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) said.
In La Carlota, police arrested a 33-year-old tricycle driver, who broke into a residential property twice on the same day in Villa Caridad Subdivision, Barangay III (Poblacion).
Initial investigation revealed that the suspect forcibly took five tires from the victim’s basement at around 10:30 a.m. and threatened the owner with a knife before escaping on his tricycle.
He returned later that afternoon to take more items but was caught in the act and nabbed by personnel of the La Carlota Component City Police Station alongside Alert and Intelligence teams.
In Bacolod, officers of Police Station 5 arrested a 31-year-old suspect, following a residential break-in in Barangay Granada at 3:40 p.m.
The victim arrived home to find her door open before the suspect shoved past her and fled with an HP laptop, an Acer netbook, and other personal belongings.
Responding cops launched a hot pursuit operation, and the suspect was later arrested in Hacienda Teresita, Barangay Granada at around 6:10 p.m. The stolen gadgets, alongside two sachets of suspected shabu valued at P8,160, and drug paraphernalia, were seized from him, the police said.
PRO-NIR director, P/Brig. Gen. Rudecindo Reales, assured that every reported crime will be acted upon immediately, and the campaign against criminality will be intensified to safeguard lives and property. | TMD
