Police Regional Office-Cordillera director Police Brig. Gen. Ronald Oliver Lee said the Philippine National Police (PNP) Crime Laboratory Service is still determining their identity.
Police Col. Elmer Ragay, chief of the Regional Intelligence Division of the Police Regional Office-Cordillera, said the La Trinidad, Benguet police issued a flash alarm about a hijacking incident involving an Isuzu aluminum wing van with license plates ADH-3116 and a Sports Utility Vehicle without license plates (SUV) in the town at 3 a.m.
The Regional Highway Patrol Group (RHPG)-Cordillera and local police conducted a hot pursuit operation in Taloy Sur Proper here, leading to an encounter on the Baguio-bound lane with the suspects.
Lee said based on reports from the Scene-of-the-Crime Operations (SOCO), one of the suspects was wearing a PNP GOA Type B uniform and black leather shoes. A black pouch recovered from his left back pocket contained PNP ID card with the name Police Chief Master Sgt. Marvin A. Aquino.
Another suspect was wearing PNP athletic T-shirt and camouflage green pants and black leather shoes. A small yellow pouch from his front pocket had a PNP ID card with the name Police Senior Master Sgt. Cesar Alpha Blomes and Philhealth ID card with name David Dasala Rapal.