Seven armed men arrested in Carcar; strafing suspect falls in Minglanilla

CEBU, Philippines - The Carcar City police arrested seven persons believed to be guns for hire and robbers following a shootout yesterday dawn in Barangay Inuboran, Carcar City.

Arrested were Marjun Del Rosario, 23, of Valladolid; Ronnel Lauron, 21, Jayjun Valter Responso, 24, and Janrey Matugas of Poblacion III; Arnel Larrobis, 30, Virgillio Espinosa, 27, and Ronal Lapinid, 29, of Can-asujan.

Police seized several firearms and fragmentation grenades from them.

Superintendent Teodulfo Manatad III, Carcar City Police Station chief, said in a press conference that past 11 p.m. on Wednesday, they received a report that several armed men were seen in Barangay Inuboran.

Manatad said he and some of his men then went to Inuboran to confirm the report.

“Last night mga alas 11:00 nakadawat ta’g info nga nag-stambay na sila didto sa place nga nahitaboan. Nag-una ang nagmotor nga nakasibil-yan nagsunod ang patrol, wa kaayo sila kabantay nga polis ang niagi,” Manatad said.

“Pagkabantay nila nga polis nag-iyahay og dinaganay, nagbuto-buto na dayon maayo gani naa ang patrol nagsunod. Ang uban nagunitan ang uban naa sa balay nga nakuhaan didto na sila nakuha nato, including ang ubang armas,” he explained.

He said that after an exchange of gunfire, the suspects were cornered inside the house. No one was hurt in the shootout.

Police recovered from  the suspects two fragmentation grenades, a KG9 with five ammo, a .357 caliber revolver with three ammo, an Ingram MII cal. 9mm with four ammo, three ammo of 12 gauge shotgun, three ammo of caliber 22 and a live ammo of M14 rifle, several parts of unknown firearms and several drug pa-raphernalia.

Manatad added that with the arrest of the suspects, they are hopeful that some of the shooting and robbery incidents in the city will be solved.

The arrest came after Cebu Provincial Police Office director, Senior Superintendent Noel Gillamac, ordered Manatad to conduct operations against bad elements in Carcar.

Gillamac congratulated the Carcar City for their accomplishment, saying he will recommend that they be given commendation from the Police Regional Office-7.

He also directed Manatad to look into previous shooting and robbery cases in Carcar City and to conduct ballistics examination on the confiscated firearms.  

Strafing suspect nabbed

Meanwhile, the Minglanilla town police arrested yesterday a suspect in Wednesday dawn’s strafing incident.

Cristito España, 36, of Vito, Minglanilla town was arrested after police recovered a .45 caliber pistol and a carbine rifle from him yesterday afternoon.

Armando Orillano, said to be the registered owner of the .45 caliber pistol, eluded arrest when the police arrived.

Orillano reportedly dropped his gun, which was then taken by España together with the carbine rifle.

Gillamac said that based on their inquiry with Camp Crame, they learned that the firearm is registered to Orillano who is also a suspect in the strafing incident.

Because Orillano’s firearm was used in the incident, police will be filing charges against him for indiscriminate firing.

España will be facing charges for violation of the Comprehensive Law on Firearms and Ammunition.  (FREEMAN)