ILOILO City – An entrapment operation led to the arrest of a theft suspect in Barangay Poblacion, Molo district.
The 28-year-old Samuel Zaragoza of Barangay Buaray, Oton, Iloilo was caught, a police report showed.
According to the police, Zaragosa was arrested after he agreed give back to the owner the cellphone he allegedly stole in exchange of P2,000 cash.
Officers of the Molo police station staged the entrapment around 6:30 p.m. on Saturday.
Zaragoza was nabbed. When frisked, the phone and two sachets of suspected shabu were recovered from him, police said.
The suspect was detained in the lockup facility of the Molo police station./PN
