Published April 13, 2021, 11:11 PM
A Manila cop and three other alleged members of a “basag kotse” group operating in Metro Manila and nearby provinces were arrested by Bulacan police on Monday, April 12.
Col. Lawrence B. Cajipe, Bulacan police director, identified the arrested suspects as Police Cpl. Mark Edison Belvis Quinton, detailed at Manila Police District (MPD); Allen Alvarado, John Fizer Salvador, and Juvito Suriaga Salvador, all residents of Tondo, Manila.
The police recovered from them a .38-caliber revolver, a hand grenade, and three sachets of suspected shabu.
Based on police report, the suspects were arrested on complaints of victim Melquiades Silencio who saw four members of the group looting his vehicle, a white Ford Ranger, in Brgy. Cruz na Daan, San Rafael, in Bulacan.