PRO 7 agents nab 2 C. Visayas MWPs
TWO “most wanted persons” (MWPs) in Central Visayas were arrested by agents of the Police Regional Office (PRO) 7 in separate manhunt operations in the region on Friday morning, PRO7 Director Brigadier General Jerry F. Bearis said.
One of the captured lawbreakers, a man wanted for double murder, murder, and multiple attempted murder in Zamboanga del Sur.
Bearis said that the murder suspect, a resident of Barangay Sugbay Dos in Pitogo, Zamboanga del Sur, went into hiding in the region after warrants for his arrest were issued by two regional trial courts (RTCs) in his province.
The suspect became the 2nd MWP in Pitogo municipality until a tip from an informant enabled a team of officers from the Larena Municipal Police Station in Siquijor and the Pitogo MPS (Municipal Police Station) in Zamboanga del Sur to track down the former in his hiding place in Bgy. Canlambo 11:30 a.m. Friday.
The PRO 7 director said that officers led by Majors Rex Ibañez, Michael Rubia, and Renante Benitez and Lieutenant Colonel Jacinto Mandal Jr. arrested the suspect based on three separate warrants of arrest.
One is for a multiple attempted murder case with a P120,000 recommended bail and a murder case with no bail recommended by Judge Ruben Bance of the San Miguel RTC Branch 29 in Zamboanga del Sur on July 28, 2016.
The 3rd is for a double murder case issued by Judge Felex Rodriguez Jr. of the San Miguel RTC with no recommended bail on August 14, 2015.
On the other hand, Bearis said that the 2nd suspect, who happened to be a 59-year-old carpenter from Bayawan City in Negros Oriental tagged as the 6th MWP in the area, was arrested in Sitio Buli-Buli in Bgy. Banga 9:30 a.m. Friday.
Officers from the Bayawan City Police Station under Lt. Col. Rex Moslares placed the suspect under arrest on the strength of a warrant for lascivious conduct and incestuous rape issued by Judge Maria Myla Rae Orden of the Bayawan City RTC Br. 63 last Monday.
