By NINFA B QUIRANTE
CALBAYOG CITY — Eastern Samar’s most wanted person, Edilberto B. Aquino, 32, married, of Barangay Cabacungan, Talalora, Samar was arrested Saturday by a combined team of Talalora and provincial policemen led by provincial police detective Joseph Pensotes, it was learned yesterday.
The police reported that Aquino was wanted in Eastern Samar for robbery in band, and was arrested based on a warrant of arrest issued by Judge Elvie Lim of Regional Trial Court Branch 4, Dolores, Eastern Samar.
A bail of P200,000 was recommended for the suspect’s release.
Presented to the media, the suspect said that he had been detained in Dolores, Eastern Samar but was able to escape along with other inmates. He then married someone from Cabacungan, Talalora, Samar and had stayed in that barangay where he was arrested.
SPO3 Samuel Rosales of the Samar Police said that his men were tipped off by a civilian in Talalora on the presence of Aquino. The Samar police then coordinated with other municipal police stations in Eastern Samar for a possible criminal record of the suspect. The efforts yielded a faxed warrant of arrest.
The suspect will soon be turned over to the Eastern Samar Police, Rosales said.
"We do not want to be accused of sweeping somebody’s backyard," Rosales said.
His arrest was the second accomplishment for the Samar Police under Director Asdali Idjah Abah this week. It followed the police’s disbanding a pirate-team operating in the Samar-Masbate-Bicol area. (PIA)
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