Cable thieves arrested in Guagua

CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga – Two members of the so-called “Cableman” were arrested on Friday by policemen while in the act of cutting telephone cables in Barangay Quillo, San Matias, Guagua, Pampanga.

Senior Superintendent Keith Ernald Singian, Pampanga provincial police director, identified the arrested suspects as Albert Del Rosario, 19, and Ronnie Miranda (not his real name) alias “Doy-Doy,” 17, single, jobless, both residents of San Roque, Guagua town.

Singian said four cohorts of the two suspects were able to elude arrest when the Guagua police force arrived at the area.

Singian said a manhunt operation has been launched against the four suspects identified as “Binoe Ramirez” (not his real name, 17, Jason Casupanan alias Bad Boy, 27, married, Gerald Macapagal and Archie “Cheng-Cheng” Calilung.

Guagua police immediately sent a team of policemen after receiving a telephone call from the office of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone (PLDT) regarding the presence of a group allegedly stealing their company’s cables along Barangay Quilo, San Matias, Guagua.

The police team, accompanied by personnel of PLDT proceeded to the area and were able to collar the two suspects while in the act of cutting the cables. – Ric Sapnu