By Aaron Recuenco
Police warned Wednesday the public against the resurgence of a modus operandi involving alleged gun-for-hire men who would extort money from their supposed victims.
The resurgence of assassination scam was confirmed on Tuesday with the arrest of a 31-year old man preying on a municipal councilor of Pinamalayan town in Oriental Mindoro.
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Supt. Imelda Tolentino, spokesperson of the MIMAROPA (Mindoro Oriental and Occidental, Marinduque, Romblon and Palawan) regional police, said suspect Jayson Catbagan Ordinario was collared during an entrapment at the Municipal Health Office of Pinamalayan town.
Based on the complaint of a councilor of Pinamalayan town, the suspect contacted him on March 31 via a text message warning him that he is on their hit list.
At first, the town councilor ignored the text messages but was forced to call the phone number to which the warning messages originated due to repeated messages.
“You are our job. It’s already paid. If you want to pull out the men who were tasked to kill you, you have to give us the same amount paid to kill you,” Ordinario allegedly told the victim in Filipino during their phone conversation.
An hour after the conversation, Ordinario sent a follow up message if the victim is interested in paying him.
The town councilor then reported the incident to the police, which in turn, had mapped out an entrapment against him.
Seized from the suspect upon his arrest was the P5,000 marked money, a revolver and a plastic sachet allegedly containing shabu.
Ordinario was found to be a taxi driver living in Sampaloc, Manila. He is now under police custody.
Even before, police have been receiving complaints of the so-called assassination scam targeting government officials and even private individuals.
Two years ago, the PNP received a complaint using the same modus wherein the victim is a broadcast journalist.
Police advised the public o immediately report to them or any law enforcement agencies of they receive messages relating to the modus.
(Pixabay / MANILA BULLETIN)
Supt. Imelda Tolentino, spokesperson of the MIMAROPA (Mindoro Oriental and Occidental, Marinduque, Romblon and Palawan) regional police, said suspect Jayson Catbagan Ordinario was collared during an entrapment at the Municipal Health Office of Pinamalayan town.
Based on the complaint of a councilor of Pinamalayan town, the suspect contacted him on March 31 via a text message warning him that he is on their hit list.
At first, the town councilor ignored the text messages but was forced to call the phone number to which the warning messages originated due to repeated messages.
“You are our job. It’s already paid. If you want to pull out the men who were tasked to kill you, you have to give us the same amount paid to kill you,” Ordinario allegedly told the victim in Filipino during their phone conversation.
An hour after the conversation, Ordinario sent a follow up message if the victim is interested in paying him.
The town councilor then reported the incident to the police, which in turn, had mapped out an entrapment against him.
Seized from the suspect upon his arrest was the P5,000 marked money, a revolver and a plastic sachet allegedly containing shabu.
Ordinario was found to be a taxi driver living in Sampaloc, Manila. He is now under police custody.
Even before, police have been receiving complaints of the so-called assassination scam targeting government officials and even private individuals.
Two years ago, the PNP received a complaint using the same modus wherein the victim is a broadcast journalist.
Police advised the public o immediately report to them or any law enforcement agencies of they receive messages relating to the modus.