CEBU, Philippines - Men from the Opao police station arrested Sunday three men for robbing a 17-year-old student along Plaridel Street in barangay Cambaro.
The men were identified as Jessie June Palad, 23, Buearegard Cabreros, 25, and Virgilio Mandaue, 28, all residents of sitio Kapusoan in barangay Cambaro Mandaue City.
Opao police station chief P/Insp. Wilson Abot said the student was strolling with friends after emerging from a house of a dance choreographer. Abot said the girl was preparing for her debut party on September 20.
On the sidewalk, she didn't notice a man coming close to her because she was attending to her cellular phone.
The man whipped out a gun and a companion took her phone. They then fled but were arrested shortly after.
Abot said the phone was recovered, the gun seized, and the robbers detained while charges are being readied.