Pasig police officers finally arrested the leader of the Macabenta robbery gang, linked to several robberies of homes and businesses in Pasig and Cainta, Rizal, at a safehouse in Antipolo City yesterday.
Chief Inspector Lorenzo Trajano Jr., Pasig police’s criminal investigation chief, said Noel Macabenta and alleged gang members Francisco and Jonjee Aquino were nabbed in a house in Cogeo, Antipolo at around 3:30 p.m.
Macabenta was on Pasig’s list of 10 most wanted suspects and had been convicted for robbery in absentia 10 years ago by a Pasig court.
All three suspects have several arrest warrants for robbery and robbery with homicide cases against them before Rizal and Pasig courts. – Rainier Allan Ronda