Three men were arrested for robbing a restaurant and for illegal possession of firearms and explosives following a backtracking police operation conducted by the Parañaque City Police on Wednesday, Feb. 26.
The Southern Police District (SPD) identified the suspects as alias “Samrix,” 32; alias “Jhoward,” 24; and alias “Rowel,” 26.
The police report showed that the suspects were arrested at around 3:41 a.m. after their heist at a restaurant in Barangay San Isidro.
The police said the suspects, armed with firearms and a hand grenade, immediately fled going to the direction of Barangay Baclaran after taking with them P13,000 cash and multiple mobile phones from the employees who they locked inside a locker room.
After their arrest, the suspects yielded a .22 caliber revolver with three live rounds, a hand grenade, two pen guns loaded with four rounds of .9mm ammunition, and a black motorcycle without a plate number.
The suspects were detained at the Parañaque City Police custodial facility and charged with robbery-holdup, violation of Republic Act 10591 (Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Regulation Act), Republic Act 9516 (Illegal Possession of Explosives), and BP Bilang 881 (Omnibus Election Code).