Cebu City: Robber nabbed 2 hours after taking phone from student
Man armed with gun caught robbing student in Cebu City street
This is a CCTV footage of a man robbing a student in Barangay Tisa, Cebu City at 3 a.m. on Sunday, September 22. | Screen grab from CCTV footage of robbery
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The armed man, who was caught on the closed circuit television (CCTV) camera, robbing a student in Barangay Tisa in Cebu City at past 3 a.m. on Sunday, September 22, was caught two hours later.
Police arrested Jessie Cañete in Sitio San Pedro in Barangay Tisa, Cebu City.
This was after police received a report of an armed person in the sitio at past 5 a.m. that day.
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There they caught Cañete of Barangay Pasil, Cebu City with an unlicensed gun, a .45 caliber pistol. Aside from that he was also caught with two sachets of suspected shabu in his possession. He was also later brought to the police station where he was detained.
His companion, who was later identified as Richard Calunsag, also known as Etchay, managed to escape.
Police also later realized that Cañete and Calunsag were the ones, who robbed the college student two hours before also in the same barangay.
They then called the victim to the police station, who positively identified Cañete as the one who robbed him.
The 20-year-old victim, who temporarily resides in Barangay Kamagayan, Cebu City, said that he was in the area because he was visiting a friend there.
When asked where the cellphone they took was, Cañete told police that he already sold it to vendors in downtown Cebu City.
The victim said that the cellphone the robber took was worth nearly P8,000.
Cañete, also later, led police to a parking lot in Barangay Ermita, Cebu City. where they parked the motorcycle that they used in robbing the student.
Cañete will be facing charges of possession of illegal drugs and robbery.
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