ILOILO City – Deniel Tano was accused of stealing clothes from a mall in Barangay San Rafael, Mandurriao district.
The 18-year-old was detained at the Mandurriao police station.
The resident of Barangay San Pedro, Jaro faces a theft charge.
Tano stole six pieces of T-shirts, mall personnel who arrested him at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday told the police.
He placed them in a backpack and tried to leave the establishment without paying for the items at the cashier, stated a police report.
Tano resisted and evaded the mall personnel but was later subdued and taken to the Mandurriao police./PN