Public info led to suspects' arrest

Alert operatives of the city PNP cornered last Sunday no less than four robbery suspects in two separate incidents.
SPO4 Adriano Bacus, chief of the theft and robbery section told the Chronicle that the arrests came after highly placed information reached the police regarding the presence of the rob suspects.

The first tip relayed to the police led to the arrest of Joel A Manlabao, alias Coco, the suspect in the holdup at the K of C driveway. The suspect was nabbed after a brief chase by police operatives at the shorelines near JJs Seafood Village last Sunday. The citizen's info said that the suspect was in a drinking spree in a store along Gallares Street, this city.

Recovered from Manlabao was a .22 caliber revolver.

Later in the day, police operatives likewise arrested three robbery suspects who were seen inside Angel's Basket, a 24-hour convenient store near the city port.

A concerned citizen tipped the police on the presence of suspicious looking persons who entered the store.

Alert operatives rushed to the scene and arrested the suspects identified as Sandro Perocho, 25, Henry Calihat, 37 and Julius Macina, 26, from Panglao town. A .357 paltik revolver was recovered from Perocho while knives were confiscated from Pacina and Calihat, Police said Calihat is on bail involving robbery victimizing a foreign national.

The four rob suspects are now locked at the city jail.