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Cops arrest 6 kidnap suspects in Nueva Ecija

Nueva Ecija provincial police authorities arrested six suspected members of a 10-man kidnap-for-ransom (KFR) gang in raids here and in Rizal town last Wednesday. Nueva Ecija police director Senior Supt. Napoleon C. Taas told mediamen here that the arrested suspects were involved in the kidnap for ransom of the Philippine National Bank (PNB) Vice President Ramon Murillo last June 3 on Quezon Ave., Quezon City. Murillo, who reportedly paid a P1-million ransom, was rescued by policemen. The police recovered from the group P850,000 cash, five hand guns, and three vehicles, including Murillo’s car. Credited for the arrest of the six KFR suspects in Nueva Ecija were operatives of the Nueva Ecija Provincial Police Office and the Police Anti-Crime Emergency Response (PACER), headed by Senior Supt.. Dindo Espino. The suspects were turned over by Taas to Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Avelino I. Razon Jr. at Camp Crame. They were identified as Florentino Amolo, said to be the gang leader, of Barangay Barlis, Cabanatuan City; Melchor Herrera and Niño Carangan, both of Nueva Ecija; Alvin Candazo, Armando Aquino, Reggie Parungao, Edgardo Hernandez, Jocelyn Ferolino and Reynato Alcazar. One of the suspects, identified as Crizaldo de Guzman, suffered a fatal heart attack hours after the arrest of the gang men.

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