By Viyo Hidalgo
BAGUIO CITY – Police
arrested four suspects tagged in a series of crimes like taxi holdups and
robbery of business establishments here and nearby Benguet towns last week.
Police senior Insp.
Bernabe Camba, Station 1 police commander in his report to Senior Supt. David
Q. Lacdan, city police director identified the the arrested suspects as: Rexon
A. Gawagen, Gibson P. Carchingan, Venis M. Liwan and Junjun M. Chavez.
Lacdan said the four were
arrested after they were tipped off by informants.
The first suspect
arrested by the police in Mirador-Dominican area was Gawagen, 24, native of
Natonin, Mountain Province who yielded a Cal.45 pistol, a black bonnet, pieces
of wire and one back pack.
He was a resident of the
area.
Carchingan, 25, also of
Natonin, and resident of Barangay Kias here yielded Cal.38 revolver when
arrested at Dominican-Mirador.
In follow-up operations,
police arrested Liwan and Chavez along Asin Road.
Liwan, jobless also from
Natonin, and Chavez, 27, resident of Sunnyside Fairview here were identified by
taxi drivers who were victims of robberies.
Police investigators are
now investigating the four suspects’ involvement on robberies of lodging houses
based on evidence confiscated from them and testimonies of victims.
Lacdan urged victims of
robberies in Baguio and Benguet to
immediately get in touch with the main city police station below city hall so
charges would be filed against the arrested suspects.
All suspects are now
detained and would be subjected to inquest proceedings by the Baguio
Prosecutors Office.
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