TWO live-in partners were arrested for extortion in an entrapment operation involving donations to Marawi City, a spokesman for the Southern Police District (SPD) said. AdvertisementsRicardo Simbulan, 63, and Mitus Mamaid, 39, were arrested on October 19 by combined elements of the Office for the Internal Security (OIS-DILG) and the intelligence unit of Makati City at the Palawan Pawnshop Branch in Barangay Comembo in Makati, according to Supt. The caller then told Leusen to send the amount to Simbulan, whom he identified as his finance officer, through the Palawan Pawnshop. Unaware of the entrapment operation, Simbulan and Mamaid went to the Palawan Pawnshop where they received P100,000. They were arrested by SPO3 Michael So, PO2 Norbillo M. Laude, and PO1 John Erwin S. Isaac of the Makati City Police.

Source: Manila Times October 24, 2017 04:07 UTC