Call center agent arrested for almost P400k credit card fraud A call center agent was arrested Thursday for credit card fraud amounting to almost P400,000. Operatives under the District Police Intelligence and Operation Unit (DPIOU) of Manila Police District (MPD) conducted an entrapment operation against Kyle Cedrick Villa, 29, at 1806 Yakal Street, Tondo, Manila around 6:40 p.m. on September 6. The entrapment was conducted after Helen Afuang, 58, and resident of 1777 Yakal Street, reported to the police about doubtful transactions in her credit card. It was later learned that the suspect, who was just in the neighborhood, used the victim’s debt card in buying groceries and paying a ride online, among others, from April 15, 2018 until the date of his arrest, reaching a total of P394,927.97. Based on investigation, the suspect was able to access the credit card when the victim’s 15-year-old child gave its details to him to buy a smart phone. Afuang said she earlier rejected her child’s request of a brand-new mobile. The suspect was easily located by authorities as he used his real name and address in the transactions. He is now detained, facing cases of robbery extortion, identity theft, and unauthorized access of device. (Ria Fernandez) PDEA agent arrested along with his female cohort for peddling drugs An active agent of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency was arrested along with his female cohort for peddling drugs during a buy-bust operation in Quezon City Friday. Quezon City Police District (QCPD) Director, Chief Supt. Joselito Esquivel Jr. identified the arrested suspects as Mario Israel, 42, and his companion Cynthia Eusebio, 48, both residents of Sta. Rosa, Laguna. Prior to the incident, personnel of QCPD La Loma Police Station (PS-1) received report from a confidential informant about an ongoing drug deal at the corner of Banawe Street and Del Monte Avenue in Barangay Siena, at around 5 a.m. Operatives were immediately dispatched in the area to validate the report. Upon arriving, they actually caught the duo selling shabu prompting policemen to approach the suspects. When police frisked the two, five sachets of undetermined quantity of suspected shabu were seized in their possession. Authorities were also able to confiscate from Israel a Glock 19 with 10 ammunition, and a blue Mitsubishi Lancer bearing plate number UPJ 337 used by the suspects. According to PS-1 commander Supt. Robert Sales, further investigation showed that Israel is on active duty at the PDEA National Capital Region. It also disclosed that the suspect was formerly assigned in PDEA Region 4-A. The suspects are now under police custody and were charged for selling and possession of illegal drugs, as well as illegal possession of firearm. (Alexandria San Juan) Man asks for forgiveness in Quiapo church before robbing milk tea shop A man went to Quiapo church to ask forgiveness before robbing the milk tea shop in Sampaloc, Manila on September 5, police said. The police identified the suspect as Virgilio Sisio, a part-time waiter in Caloocan City, who first went to Quiapo church to attend a mass and ask forgiveness before the said robbery. The suspect said he did it out of desperation because his 4-year-old child had a fever. “I told the Lord that I now leave it all up to Him because I had nowhere else to turn to,” Sisio said in Filipino. A closed circuit television (CCTV) showed that Sisio headed to a milk tea shop in Sampaloc, Manila where he held up the cashier at gunpoint using his child’s toy gun at around 5 p.m. on September 5. The authorities caught Sisio on board a jeepney after the cashier immediately asked the police for help. Recovered from him were the P33,000 cash stolen from the milk tea shop, a knife and 9 mm toy gun owned by his son. According to Manila Police District (MPD) Station 4 commander Supt. Andrew Aguirre, the suspect had no previous criminal record. Sisio is facing charges of robbery. (Erma Edera) Security guard nabbed after shooting coworker A security guard was arrested after allegedly shooting his coworker at their workplace in Tondo, Manila on Friday night. Elements of Jose Abad Santos Station (PS-7) identified him as Benmar Gutib, 26, single, resident of Juan Luna Street in Tondo Manila and security guard of Meridian Cargo Forwarder. Manila Police District (MPD) Station 7 Commander Police Supt. Jerry Barayoga Corpuz told the Manila Bulletin that Odon and Gutib had a heated argument inside the parking compound of Meridian Cargo Forwarders. Moments later, the victim ran outside the compound and the suspect chased and shot him at the head at about 10:10 p.m. on Juan Luna Street corner Fajardo Street, Barangay 59, Tondo, Manila, Corpuz added. Meanwhile, the police identified the victim as Randy Odon, a truck driver of the same company, who suffered from a gunshot wound in his head. He was brought to Jose Reyes Medical Center, where he was admitted in critical condition. Follow-up investigation is now underway. (Erma Edera) Laborer unearths glass bottle containing 5-month-old fetus A fetus was found inside a glass bottle in Barangay Batasan Hills, Quezon City Friday afternoon. The incident was reported by BPSO Ramil Ventura at around 2 p.m. to Batasan Police Station 6 after laborer Edmund Cabanesas discovered the fetus in Sunnyville Heights Subdivision, this city. Reports said Cabanesas was digging when he struck and broke a glass bottle. He investigated and discovered that a body of a male fetus was placed inside the bottle. The fetus was about 5 months old, reports said. The body was turned over to Tajuna Funeral for proper burial. (Jhon Aldrin Casinas) Police hunt down alleged drug lord in Pandacan Police are hunting down a man who is allegedly the main source of illegal drugs in Pandacan, Manila. Pandacan Police Station Drug Enforcement Unit (SDEU) chief Senior Insp. Pidencio T. Saballo said most of the drug suspects they arrested in their district pointed at Miguel Bautista alias “Demonyo” as their supplier of “shabu.” On August 29, 2018, cops conducted a buy-bust operation at Queensland Hotel in Sta. Mesa, targeting Bautista. However, they failed to capture the “elusive” suspect. “Lumalabas sa follow-up namin na ito palang mga bell boy o room boy sa hotel sa Queensland e nagtitimbre, parang kasabwat…kaya natatakasan kami (Our follow-up revealed that bell boys or room boys in Queensland Hotel were accomplices .They alerted him that’s why he was able to escape,” Saballo said. Based on investigation, Bautista is getting his supply from a certain “Bakla” described as notorious from Antipolo City. Meanwhile, “Bakla” is said to be an underling of a Chinese national, whom the police are yet to identify. “Iyon po naririnig ng mga nahuli namin…kaso ‘di pa namin abot. Siguro ‘pag nakuha namin si Bautista maabot namin yung pinaka-ano (That’s what our arrested drug suspects heard…however, we are yet able to . Maybe if we get Bautista we will be able to the top ),”Saballo said. At least nine individuals, including a 70-year-old grandmother, had been arrested by Pandacan Police in its recent anti-narcotic operations. (Ria Fernandez)