A hot pursuit operation was conducted in Kidapawan City, Cotabato Province on Wednesday, July 18, for the arrest of six suspects for a robbery hold-up incident in Makilala of the same province.
The Makilala Municipal Police Station (MPS) was informed through a phone call that a robbery transpired at the Alabata Store, Barangay Malasila, Makilala, Cotabato, and that the suspects were armed and immediately fled to Kidapawan City.
According to the victims who were identified as Jerry Luy, Jemuel Guichapin, and Joemar Dignos, they were representatives from Ajinomoto Phil. Corporation and were doing their usual business at the store when two armed men approached them, demanding valuables amounting to P50,000.
The suspects fled to Kidapawan City as their escape route. So the Makilala MPS alerted the Kidapawan City PNP.
The suspects were arrested and identified as, Gemar Solidag Tipan, Manilito Paragas Linda, Allan Colita Miesco, Denver Jay Sefuentes, Dennis Singson Sefuentes, and Arcadio Tipan Sefuentes.
Retrieved from the suspects were one Mitsubishi Strada, pistols with loaded magazines, a BPO passbook owned by one of the victims, illegal drugs, and cash amounting to P35,550.
Tipan and Linda already have a record for robbery last April in Butuan City where they were able to take away P970,000 worth of cash.
With the arrest of the six suspects, Kidapawan City Mayor Jose Paolo Evangelista reminded those who will commit such crimes in the city.
“Huwag na kayong magtangkang pumasok sa Kidapawan,” he said.
Evangelista also stated that the Local Government Unit and PNP are always prepared to secure the safety of his people as well as the peace and order of the city. (John Peps Dales, MSU-Marawi Intern)
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