ILOILO City – Three robbery suspects were arrested in Mandurriao district early morning yesterday.
They were Joshua Martinez, Rocky Boy Barrientos and Roger Barrientos III, a police report showed.
The suspects – armed with a knife – allegedly robbed Cassandra Alice Domingo and Lea Mae Delos Santos, the report added.
Domingo and Delos Santos said the three men took their Oppo cellphone worth P18,000, bag containing cash which amounted to P3,000, and wallet containing a gold necklace worth P35,000 and assorted IDs.
Officers of the Mandurriao police station caught the suspects in a hot pursuit operation.
The stolen items were recovered and returned to the owners.
The knife the suspects used was also seized. Aside from this, they also yielded a sachet of suspected shabu and a hand grenade.
The suspects were detained in the lockup cell of the Mandurriao police station, awaiting charges./PN
