ILOILO CITY – The former policeman who was part of a group behind the P3.1-million robbery on Jan. 5 in Pilar town, Capiz province has been identified.
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Police Col. Albert Tapulao, chief of the Capiz Police Provincial Office (CPPO), said the suspect Lyman John Ochenta from Iloilo province was one of the three suspects wearing police athletic uniforms when they and three companions robbed collectors of a prominent bottling company.
The Iloilo Provincial Police Office (IPPO) said Ochenta was dismissed by the Philippine National Police (PNP) in September 2017 for the administrative case of grave irregularity in the performance of duty while assigned to the Sara Municipal Police Station in Iloilo.
Ochenta was allegedly involved in major crimes, including a P1-million robbery in Sara town, Iloilo.
He was also allegedly behind a robbery and homicide in Sicogon Island, a resort island in the northern Iloilo town of Carles in September 2022. He has warrants of arrests for these two crimes prior to the robbery in Pilar.