MetroBriefs

3 yield P4M shabu in QC bust

Three alleged drug pushers yielding a kilo of shabu worth P4 million were arrested in a buy-bust operation Monday afternoon in Fairview, Quezon City. Chief Insp. Richard Ang, head of an antidrug task group of the Quezon City Police District, reported the arrest of Marilou Hernandez, 33, John Eric Urian, 28, and Annabel Angcao, 24, following an operation on their rented house on Luke Street, Sushila Subdivision, Barangay Kaligayahan. The suspects were held at Camp Karingal. Julie M. Aurelio

Thieves got busy on Palm Sunday

At least four churchgoers in a Manila parish said they were victimized by pickpockets during packed Catholic services marking the start of Holy Week. In separate complaints filed at the Manila Police District’s Moriones Station 2, the victims claimed losing their wallets and other valuables all worth around P20,000 after shouldering their way through the palm frond-waving crowds at Sto. Niño de Tondo Parish along L. Chacon Street in Tondo. SPO2 Cody Carmelo said the first complainant had his wallet stolen at 9 a.m. while the fourth, an employee of the Manila sheriff’s Office, lost his phone and pocket money at 10:30 a.m. Carmelo said the four complainants were unable to enter the crowded church for the Mass and opted to stay outside the parish near Holy Child Catholic School at Plaza Hernandez. Jeannette I. Andrade

Makati cops kill rob duo on bike

Members of the Makati City police killed two men on a motorcycle after the tandem allegedly tried to rob a delivery van on South Superhighway on Sunday night.  Chief Insp. Mario Ignacio said the two suspects, armed with pistols, were after a van being driven by Strausse Enriquez, whom they tailed starting at around 9 a.m. on General Lacuna Street. The suspects eventually overtook and blocked the van, declaring a holdup, but Enriquez ran over their motorcycle, albeit without damaging it. The tandem then kept chasing the van up to a gas station, where a team of officers led by SPO1 Raul Gerabas caught up with them. Killed in what police described as a shootout were Ronald Infante, 33, and Jenny Almanon, 35. Their bodies were brought to Veronica Funeral Parlor in Pasay City.  Miko Morelos