3 nabbed for robbing computer shop in QC

Three suspected members of the Bolt Cutter Gang were arrested by operatives of the Central Police District-Mobile Patrol Unit over the weekend in Quezon City for robbing a computer gaming shop in Cubao.

Police identified the suspects as Armando Carillo, 28, of Navotas; and Ricardo Romera, 29, and Albert Flores, 27. They were arrested when their jeepney beat a red light around 4:45 a.m. last Sunday at the corner of Araneta Avenue and Quezon Avenue.

District Police Intelligence Unit (DPIU) head Chief Inspector Rodolfo Jaraza said the three suspects were with two other men. Carillo was driving the jeepney.

As a police officer examined Carillo’s driver’s license, two of his passengers jumped off the vehicle and fled.

Inside the vehicle, police found 17 computer monitors and 16 CPUs.

The suspects could not produce any documents or receipts for the items they were transporting.

A search on the vehicle resulted to the recovery of a crowbar and two padlocks that had been destroyed by a bolt cutter.

The three admitted their role in robbing the Saybros Inc. computer gaming shop on P. Tuazon in Cubao early Sunday. They pointed to a certain Bong as the one who planned the heist.

Store owners Lionel and Mary Jane Say later turned up at police headquarters and identified the recovered items as those taken from their shop.

Jaraza said that a follow-up investigation and operation is being conducted to arrest other members of the group, which has victimized several computer shops and internet cafés in the city. – Katherine Adraneda, Non Alquitran