Cops arrest 2 men linked to rash of motor theft in Koronadal
Local News • 05:34 AM Tue Jan 30, 2018
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By:
Edwin Fernandez and Karl Mike Tabingo
The suspects and the items recovered from them. (Photo courtesy of Dr. Glorio Sandig of city anti-drug body)
KORONADAL CITY
– The long arm of the law finally catches two men long wanted for the series of
carnapping incidents in the city, police officials said.
Senior Supt.
Nelson Salcedo, acting South Cotabato police director, said Omar Alik Abdul,
28, and Marbel Ayob, 19, who were arrested Sunday night, belonged to a an
organized crime group preying on motorcycles in the city.
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Abdul and Ayob
were on board a motorbike at the city proper when they noticed police cars and
police officers conducting routine patrol.
A soon as the
two saw the police vehicle, they sped away that led police officers to suspect
they have ill motives and their motorbike had no license plate.
They were
cornered near the new terminal site along Jessie Robredo Avenue.
When frisked,
the suspects yielded three master keys for motorcycle, various keys, a huge
pack of shabu, drug paraphernalia, a cal. 45 pistol, bullets and fragmentation grenade.
Salcedo said
the crime group, after getting motorobikes, would rush to an undisclosed area
in Maguindanao where the motorbikes are chopped into various spare parts.
Salcedo said
police CCTV footage show the suspects to be behind the series of motorbike
theft in the city.