The raid in the suspect’s neighborhood which led to his arrest was prompted by complaints from local residents.
Police authorities identified the suspect as Neil Tady, 20, of Barangay North Bay Boulevard North.
Tady, also known as Choco, was also a member of the Sigue-Sigue Sputnik and the Pitong Demonyo Group and was tagged as the principal suspect in the series of robbery- holdups in his own barangay, along C-3 Road and nearby areas where his most recent victim was a pastor whose cellphone was snatched last Dec. 27.
PO1 Julio Florendo of Police Community Precinct 2 said Tady was nabbed at around 1 p.m. yesterday at the Old Fishport, NBBN, Navotas.
The suspect tried to resist arrest but was immediately subdued by PO1s Ronnie Espino and Dominador Arugay.