A 31-year-old policeman has been arrested in Oriental Mindoro after a robbery attempt in a hardware store.
The suspect was identified as Police Corporal Leonell Maranan and currently assigned as Technical Support Company of the Regional Mobile Force Battalion of the MIMAROPA PNP.
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The police official was arrested last Friday at 10PM when noises were heard by barangay tanods in a hardware store.
The barangay officials saw that the store’s doorknob had been broken. They waited for half an hour until the suspect came out of the store.
A cal.9mm service firearm was recovered from the police.
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Major Edwin Villarba of Gloria Police said that the cop is addicted to online cockfighting that led him to rob a store.
Maranan is now facing charges over attempted robbery and administrative cases.
