3 holdup men arrested by Malabon cops

Three alleged hold-up men, armed with various types of firearms and explosives, were arrested the other day in Malabon City.

Authorities identified the suspects as Marcelo Castillo, 57, of Gozon Compound, Letre Road; Adrian Rosas, 33, of 70 Sitio Tayuan, Barangay Merville, Parañaque City; and Roger Fajardo, 22, of Happy Glenn Loop, Sun Valley, Parañaque.

The Malabon City Prosecutor’s Office recommended a bail bond of P80,000 for Castillo who was caught with a homemade 12-gauge shotgun; P60,000 for Rosas for possession of a .38 caliber revolver with six live bullets; and P2,000 for Fajardo, who yielded a fan knife.

Also seized from the suspects were a homemade pillbox, a black belt bag, a toy gun, and a wig.

The suspects were arrested by elements of the Northern Police District-Mobile Force (NPD-MF) at around 5 p.m. at the Gozon Compound.

Police operatives were casing the area when they chanced upon Castillo, Fajardo, and Roxas, who were suspiciously walking around, said Superintendent Pedro Ramos, NPD-MF commander.

During interrogation, the suspects admitted that they were hold-up men looking for possible victims in the area.

Ramos said that to conceal their identities, the suspects wore wigs when they rob their victims.

Castillo, Rosas and Fajardo are detained at the Malabon City Jail and were charged with illegal possession of firearms and ammunitions. – Nikko Dizon