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BY KEVIN GALANG<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga — <\/strong>A police officer who is also the alleged leader of a \u201cGapos Gang\u201d involve in a series of robberies in Bulacan province on Thursday was arrested in Sta. Maria town.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Arrested was a 34-year-old cop detailed as team leader of the Motorcycle Patrol Unit of the Tanauan City Police Station in Batangas.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The victims, a businessman and his two office staff members, all residents of Meycauayan, Bulacan, informed the Santa Maria police of the robbery.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n A swift hot-pursuit operation conducted by joint members of the Santa Maria police, Provincial Intelligence Unit-Bulacan, Regional Special Operations Group-Police Regional Office 3, Criminal Investigation and Detection Group-Bulacan Provincial Field Unit, and the Tanauan Component City police, arrested the cop-suspect.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The suspect\u2019s three cohorts remain at-large.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Seized from the arrested suspect were two cal. .45 pistols (one replica), three magazines and 12 live bullets, two car plate numbers, nine mobile phones, cash in a plastic bag marked \u201cMentos,\u201d a bolt cutter, and 59 pieces of white cable ties.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The arrested suspect admitted that he and his cohorts have been able to victimize victims during three hold up incidents in Angat, Bocaue, and Sta Maria, all in Bulacan.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Last Saturday, the group entered a rice store in Bocaue, tied up the employees and carted away the money and the personal belongings of the people inside.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n On Wednesday, the group again attacked a softdrinks warehouse in Sta Maria, Bulacan.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The arrested cop will be charged with robbery with intimidation and illegal possession of firearms.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Police Regional Office 3 director Brig. Gen. Ponce Rogelio <\/strong>Pe\u00f1ones<\/strong> Jr. commended the police team and condemned the suspect\u2019s involvement in the crime.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cWe will never tolerate any member of the police force who dares betray the uniform and the public trust. This arrest is a testament to our strengthened campaign under the guidance of our acting PNP chief Lt. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr., focused on crime prevention, thorough investigation, and internal cleansing,\u201d said<\/strong> Pe\u00f1ones<\/strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n “We assure the public that the PNP remains firm in bringing criminals to justice\u2014whether civilian or police personnel\u2014and in restoring public confidence in law enforcement,” he added.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" BY KEVIN GALANG CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga — A police officer who is also the alleged leader of a “Gapos Gang” involve<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16056,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16055"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16055"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16057,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16055\/revisions\/16057"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}