By NITZ ARANCON
Correspondent
POLICE arrested a convicted criminal who escaped from the Misamis Oriental provincial jail and his younger brother in separate raids in Zone 2, Alae, Manolo Fortich town in Bukidnon, yesterday morning.
The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) identified the suspects as brothers Rodolfo and Nelson Bongcaron.
Lt. Noel Oclarit said police seized from the two suspects revolvers.
The CIDG said police raided the house of the 54-year-old Rodolfo first based on a search warrant issued by a regional court in Gingoog City. In his room, according to Oclarit, were a a grenade, a caliber .38 revolver, and bullets.
Oclarit said Rodolfo turned out to have been convicted in a 1991 carnapping case and sentenced to 14 years in prison. He escaped from the Misamis Oriental Provincial Jail in 1993.
In 2017, the CIDG arrested Rodolfo in Alae for illegal arms possession. He was subsequently freed through a probation program.
Oclarit said the police would charge Rodolfo with illegal explosive and arms possessionn.
The younger Bongcaron, according to Oclarit, would also be charged with illegal arms possession. Nelson, he said, yielded a caliber .38 revolver and bullets when police raided his home.
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