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Man puts ‘bombs’ in mall, castigates guards, jailed
By Jennelyn Mondejar

DAGUPAN CITY – He started a joke that made him cry -- in jail.

Orlando Tumanaw, 36, married, businessman and resident of Barangay Lasip Chico here, is now incarcerated at the city jail for his bomb joke while he was inside the Nepo Mall department store around 3 p.m. on Aug. 24.

Supt. Mariano Luis Verzosa Jr., officer-in-charge city police chief here led his men in responding to the bomb threat.

Police said they found out Tumanaw, then under the influence of liquor, arrived at the mall and went inside the security office carrying three pieces of alleged explosives wrapped in small packages and one kitchen knife around 11 inches.

He questioned the security officers for their lapses in their duty after he surrendered the said items to the mall’s security officer.

Verzosa said Tumanaw was jailed while the alleged explosives he carried were examined by the crime laboratory in Lingayen.

If found positive, Tumanaw would be charged for illegal possession of firearms, ammunitions and explosives.

If not, he will be charged with violation of the Anti-Bomb Scare Joke Law punishable by five years imprisonment and P40,000 fine, Verzosa said.
“This will serve as a lesson to the people that we have a law against bomb jokes,” Verzosa said.