2 ‘notorious’ robbers charged in court

Thursday, January 19, 2012

CRIMINAL charges were filed in court against two suspected robbers arrested by the police for allegedly duping several people and taking away the victims’ valuables.

The Office of the Cebu City Prosecutor found basis to charge Eduard Teves, 28, and Michael Reyes, 29, with possession of illegal drugs and unlawful possession of firearms.

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Teves and Reyes, however, were released from jail yesterday after posting bail. Teves posted P300,000 cash bond for the drugs and illegal possession of firearms cases, while Reyes posted P40,000 surety bond for the same charges.

On Jan. 4, operatives of the Cebu City Police Office arrested the suspected robbers inside a bar and restaurant on N. Escario St., Barangay Capitol Site, while allegedly scouting for their next targets.

Tagged

The presence of the suspects inside the restobar was noticed when operatives of the Mobile Patrol Group spotted a Toyota Vios with plate number PII 399, which was reportedly used as a getaway vehicle.

Prior to their arrest, the suspects were tagged as among the four men who barged into the office of a businessman in Barangay Labangon and ran away with a laptop.

A staff of a businessman, who buys and sells used cars, provided the police the plate number of the getaway vehicle that led to the arrest of the suspects.

Reportedly seized from the possession f Teves and Reyes were four medium packs of shabu, drug paraphernalia, a .38 revolver, two .45 pistols, four magazines, eight pieces of live ammunition, a laptop, assorted identification cards, passports, ATM (automated teller machine) cards, several keys, a USB, a blood pressure apparatus, a modem, a remote control, bags and clothes.

The following day, six more victims, including an Australian national, went to the police and pointed to the two suspects as the ones who also took their personal belongings.