Police Files

ROB SUSPECTS NABBED

THREE men were arrested after they allegedly robbed a man in barangay Pusok, Lapu-Lapu City last Friday.

Romel Oporto, 26; Paul Balaod, 31; and Tranquilino Jubay Jr., 24, were accused of holding up  Hermon Bucao.

The victim told police that he was walking along a road in sitio Arca around 8 p.m. when he chanced upon a man, who asked him where he was going.

Bucao, 24,  said while they were talking, two other men appeared from behind, poked a knife at him and took his wallet containing P5,000.

The victim ran to the Pusok police precinct and reported the robbery.

Police arrested the three men in a follow-up operation with the help of bystanders who saw the robbery, said SPO2 Jose Roel Nalzaro./CORRESPONDENT NORMAN V. MENDOZA

GUN-MAKING IN DANAO

MORE than a month after a gun factory in Danao City, northern Cebu was raided, police are checking reports of individuals clandestinely making guns in remote parts of the  city.

Chief Insp. Alvin Balio,  Danao City police chief, said gunmakers have resorted to  guerrilla style manufacturing of guns because they have no other means of livelihood.

Last June 29, police raided a building occupied by the Workers League of Danao Multipurpose Cooperative (WOLRD-MPC) where P5 million worth of guns and equipment were seized.

Police also arrested 16 gunmakers during the raid. They  were later released after posting bail, said Balio.

The raid was made after the cooperative’s business permit expired in December last year./CORRESPONDENT CHITO O. ARAGON