Cagayan kidnap brains arrested
Senior Superintendent Jude Santos, Cagayan police director, said Joey Jose, who allegedly plotted the abduction of businesswoman Editha Chua, on
Ranked ninth on the list of the region’s most wanted persons, Jose, 40, who used several aliases such as John Mark Bautista Quintana, carried a P100,000 reward for his arrest.
“But we were able to track him down when three of his cohorts were apprehended earlier,” he said.
“We want to give credit to our colleagues in Rodriguez, Rizal for their efforts leading to the arrest of the suspect,” he said.
Police records show that six men barged into the Chua residence here and seized the businesswoman, leaving her husband unconscious as he was struck with a gun.
Police rescued Chua at a police checkpoint a few hours later. His kidnappers, however, managed to escape the police dragnet.
The Chuas are engaged in the wholesale business and run grocery stores here.
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