2 'illegal recruiters'
nabbed in entrapment

Two alleged illegal recruiters were arrested by the police in an entrapment operation in Bacolod City, Wednesday.

Evelyn Siervo, 46, of Sambag, Jaro, Iloilo City, and Ma. Joy Suarez, 26, of Blumentritt, Brgy 3, Metro Manila, were expecting another payment from Amy Ng, when they were apprehended by Criminal Investigation and Detection group operatives led by PO2 Melvin Mocorro at Pension Bacolod at about 4 p.m. on May 30. CIDG head Supt. Khasmir Disomangcop told the DAILY STAR in a telephone interview yesterday that, Amy Ng sought their help two weeks ago after she had already paid around P450,000 to the two suspects to process her papers for a job in Europe.

Ng however, realized that Siervo and Suarez are illegal recruiters when they kept on asking for more money because she supposedly still has a standing balance with them, Disomangcop said.

Disomangcop noted that if the two suspects are legitimate recruiters, they should have an office and should not have accepted payment through pawnshop wires.

"Their methods were really suspicious," Disomangcop said.

The CIDG formed a group and conducted the entrapment with Ng pretending to deliver another payment to the suspects.

Disomangcop said that the two women, who tried to hide under the bed in the room they occupied, are now detained at the CIDG lock-up cell at the Negros Occidental Provincial Police Office in Bacolod City.*PP

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Man collared for robbery

A pawnshop messenger was arrested by a security guard for allegedly stealing the bag of a woman in Bacolod City yesterday, the police said.

Aries Diojenes, 27, was nabbed by Frias Jose Guinonoy, a security guard detailed to the Capitol Lagoon, when he allegedly tried to steal the bag of Jennifer Sibonga, 30, of San Sebastian Village, Brgy. Villamonte, Bacolod City at the park at about 5:30 a.m. yesterday. Police records showed that Diojenes tried to escape but Guinonoy caught up with him at Punta Capri, Brgy. 8 in Bacolod and endorsed him to Police Station 2.

Diojenes however, said that a man told him he is Sibonga's husband, and asked him to get the bag because he and his wife had an argument.

Diojenes' wife, Michelle, also said that the suspect was just framed.*PP

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