8 juveniles in robberies fall in Quezon

LUCENA CITY — At least eight youngsters allegedly involved in separate robbery incidents were arrested in Tayabas City and Mauban town in Quezon province on Sunday, police said.

Policemen in Mauban town nabbed a 15-year old boy and his five other younger cohorts after they broke into the house of one Alexander Bataanon in Barangay (village) Sadsaran Mauban early Sunday, Colonel Audie Madrideo, Quezon police chief, said in a report.

The report said the boy entered the house while the victim was sleeping and took away three mobile phones and P6,800 cash money while his cohorts were acting as look-outs.

In Tayabas City, police arrested two boys, aged 15 and 14, as primary suspects behind the carting away of a tricycle.

The victim, Ronniel Belen, reported that his motorcycle was stolen while parked in front of his house in Barangay Tongko around 4 a.m.

Anti-robbery operatives recovered the stolen vehicle in the nearby village of Gulang-Gulang in Lucena City and arrested the suspects.

The eight young suspects were turned over to the local social welfare office for proper intervention and disposition. /kga