Night patrol policemen nab man carrying gun in Colon
Two policemen of the Night Watch Patrol chased then caught a man they saw carrying a gun in front of a bank in
PO1s Armand Pacaña and Jordan Batucan said that when they saw the man, they approached him but the latter quickly ran away prompting them to give chase.
The man, later identified as Marjon Quiñanola, tried to pass the gun to a bystander but the latter refused to accept it and the policemen were able to catch up and subdue the suspect as a result.
Quiñanola, a resident of barangay Bulacao, failed to show a license of the .38 caliber gun, and to show an identification card that would confirm his claim that he was a security guard.
The police detained Quiñanola who they would be indicted today for violating the Comelec gun ban.
Meanwhile, in another anti-criminality campaign, members of the Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Branch and Theft and Robbery Section arrested two men in a police checkpoint at
First to be arrested was Vicente Alivio, a resident of Canduman in
The second man arrested was Dennis Allera, a resident of barangay Pahina Central, who the police said was a notorious jeepney robber.
Senior Insp. Michael Anthony Bastes, deputy chief of the CIIB, said that Allera was with an unidentified companion on a jeepney when the police chanced upon them.
The other man however escaped leaving Allera in possession of a knife and an improvised weapon locally known as “tres cantos.” — Edwin Ian Melecio/RAE
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