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2 of 6 swindlers nabbed
for bribing Cadiz cops
Two of the six "bodol-bodol" gang members arrested
in Cadiz City, Negros Occidental, tried to bribe policemen with
P15,000 in exchange for the release of their four companions, the
police said.
Marilyn Soriano, 30, and Flora Campos, 64, were
arrested by the police in an entrapment operation at Villena Street
in Cadiz City, on Thursday, a day after four of their companions
were also apprehended for victimizing two minors through a "bodol-bodol"
operation.
Initial police investigations showed that Soriano
and Campos offered P15,000 to members of the Cadiz police, in exchange
for the release of their colleagues identified as Felix Esporas,
Ramil Ortiz, Anabel Roxas and Karen Luna. The arrest of the gang
members by a team of Cadiz policemen led by Chief Inspector Jefferson
Descallar also led to the recovery of a black Toyota Corona vehicle,
suspected to be carnapped, a .38 caliber revolver with three live
ammunition, five cellphones, assorted jewelries and wrist watches,
wallets, ATM cards containing P1,420 in cash, and eight small pouches
containing several bundles of cut newspapers with a fake P100 bill
on top.
Investigators of the Cadiz PNP are inviting victims
of the bodol-bodol gang to visit their station, and help them file
charges against the arrested suspects.
Police investigations showed that the modus operandi
of the bodol-bodol gang includes leaving behind a bundle of cut
newspapers topped with money with their victims in exchange for
valuable items.
The six suspects arrested are now detained at the
police station jail of Cadiz City.*GPB
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17-year-old
killed
in road mishap
A teenager was killed when his motorcycle was hit
by a Nissan Sentra car at Alijis Road, Celita Village, in Brgy.
Alijis, Bacolod City at about 11:40 p.m. Thursday.
Declared dead on arrival at the Bacolod Adventist
Medical Hospital was Lorene Alegre Meņoso, 17, single, of Purok
Gaisano, Brgy. Alijis. She succumbed to head injuries, police reports
said.
The reports also said Meņoso was traveling from
west to east of Alijis Road when a blue Nissan Sentra driven by
an unidentified person who was tailing him rammed his motorcycle.
The car driver escaped and remains at-large.
Acting Bacolod City police director Senior Supt.
Ronilo Quebrar yesterday said he is appealing to the suspect to
surrender to police authorities and face charges.
Quebrar said they have the plate number of the
car that hit the minor, and he has instructed the traffic case investigator
to verify its owner at the Land Transportation Office.*DMG
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17-year-old
killed in road mishap