7 rob suspects nabbed in Nueva Ecija

CABANATUAN, Nueva Ecija, Philippines — Seven alleged members of an armed robbery group tagged in a heist in Quezon City were arrested in a follow-up operation in Nueva Ecija on Sunday night.

The suspects – Domingo Enriquez, Rolando Fajardo Jr., Eduardo Paez, Lolito Perez, Walter Torres, Wilfredo Villoga and Rodrigo Villamor – were collared in Barangay Marcos Village in Palayan City by a joint team of the Quezon City and Nueva Ecija police offices, the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group as well as by soldiers of the Army’s 7th Infantry Division.

The suspects reportedly robbed at gunpoint several persons along Don Jose street in Barangay Sto. Domingo, Quezon City, according to Col. Jess Mendez, acting Nueva Ecija police director.

The raiding team recovered from the suspects a car owned by one of the victims, grenades, pistol and 11 phones.