A fake policeman armed with just a toy gun has been arrested for leading a group which hijacked a truck carrying P600,000 worth of steel wires in Tondo, Manila.
Fritz Gerard Bonga Edquilante, 29, a resident of Las Piñas City, was apprehended in a follow-up operation on Saturday on R. Salas Street in Ermita, Manila, by operatives of the Manila Police District’s District Police Intelligence Operations Unit (MPD-DPIOU).
During his arrest, he was wearing a Philippine National Police Special Action Force uniform. Seized from him was a fake police identification card and a cal. .45 toy gun, DPIOU head Chief Insp. Daniel Buyao said.
Earlier, businessman Mark Sy Lu complained to the police that his Isuzu 10-wheel truck (PTE 287) was hijacked around 2:30 a.m. on Friday on Road 10 in Vitas, Tondo, in front of a supermarket.
Truck driver Orlando Ramos and his helper, Soreto Mangguimba, said a green Nissan Vanette (UMF 338) blocked their path and four armed men alighted from the vehicle and took over the truck at gunpoint.
DPIOU operatives were able to recover the truck and itscargo on Friday night in Novaliches, Quezon City. They arrested Jonathan Capisnon, Joy Abraham and Ely Samson for hijacking and possession of a 12-inch hunting knife while eight other supposed buyers were held for violation of the antifencing law.