DAGUPAN CITY, Philippines – The suspected leader and four members of a gang involved in robberies in the third and fourth districts of Pangasinan were arrested here Tuesday.
Suspected gang leader Crisanto Doria was reportedly nabbed while robbing a house on Burgos Street here.
Doria later identified four cohorts, mostly tricycle drivers, and they were arrested in a follow-up operation: Mark Anthony Albun, 22; Ninoy Cervantes, 23; Reynaldo Bautista, 25; and Louie Zabala, 23.
Superintendent Romeo Caramat Jr., city police chief, said the “Doria gang” was involved in akyat-bahay (burglaries), cell phone snatching, holdups and bukas-kotse.