3 suspected robbers caught in Caloocan

Police arrested three suspected robbers during an operation in Caloocan City Tuesday afternoon.

Superintendent William Macavinta, the city police chief, identified the suspects as Ariel Iglesias, 25; Reynante Locoson, 27; and a certain Froi, 17, all jobless and residents of Caloocan City.

At around 3 p.m. Tuesday, the policemen on patrol were informed by a concerned resident about the presence of three armed men at the vicinity of the Petron gas station on C-3 Road.

Police Officers 3 Arnel Repe and Ricardo Mariano Jr., and Police Officer 1 Melvie Salvador, proceeded to the area and chanced upon the three suspicious-looking men on a green tricycle parked near the gas station.

The policemen searched the suspects and found two of them were carrying handguns while the teenaged boy yielded a 12-inch kitchen knife. The suspects were immediately apprehended.

Macavinta said the suspects belong to a notorious gang led by Locoson, which is allegedly responsible for a series of gas station and highway robberies in Dagat-Dagatan, Caloocan, as well as in Malabon and Navotas.