Cops arrest woman for ‘power pilferage’

ILOILO City – Police arrested a woman in Barangay Ungka 2, Pavia, Iloilo for alleged power pilferage.

The 33-year-old Ernie Lyn Bandada of Barangay Bakhaw, Mandurriao was nabbed around 1:40 p.m. on Tuesday, a police report showed.

The apprehension was staged on the strength of an arrest warrant the court issued in relation to a charge that Bandada faces for violation of Republic Act 7832, or the Anti-electricity and Electric Transmission Lines/Materials Pilferage Act of 1994.

Bandada was detained in the lockup cell of the Pavia municipal police station.

The court recommended a P24,000 bail bond for her temporary liberty./PN

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