Wanted man falls, 2 other crime suspects nabbed too

KIDAPAWAN CITY -– A farmer wanted for several frustrated homicide cases was apprehended by authorities in Magpet in North Cotabato province. Also, police nabbed in two separate incidents in the province a man accused of stabbing a relative and a person wanted for robbery.Police arrested on Sunday in Magpet town a certain Jonathan Hayohoy Allarse, 46, farmer from Barangay Manobisa in Magpet town, who is charged with multiple frustrated homicide lodged at the Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 17 in Kidapawan City.Allarse, police records showed, is one of the top 10 most wanted persons in Magpet.Also on Sunday, police nabbed in Kidapawan City a certain Bonifacio Cabangbang Painagan who was accused of stabbing a relative after a heated altercation while attending a death anniversary of one of their kin in Magpet town.Painagan, according to Magpet town police chief Senior Inspector Jose Mari Corpuz Molina, was responsible for stabbing a certain Johary Penafiel, 26, of Purok Dalisay, Barangay Poblacion.Painagan and Penafiel are cousins, Molina said.According to reports from Magpet PNP, Penafiel was having a drinking session with his relatives when the suspect arrived at the house and confronted him on a personal issue. The confrontation reportedly became intense, which led Painagan to stab Penafiel, using a kitchen knife.After the incident, the suspect sought refuge in one of the houses of his friends in Kidapawan City but was arrested later by Molina’s men.In Kabacan town, after hours of manhunt, police collared on Sunday a 39-year old suspect in robbery.Chief Inspector Roni Cordero, chief of Kabacan PNP, identified the suspect as Alexander Magbanua, 39, who was accused of stealing valuable items inside an Episcopalian Church located along Sunrise Street in Poblacion, Kabacan.Police reports said stolen items included mobile phones, laptops, cash, and other valuable items, which amounted to P35 thousand.In M’lang town, two men allegedly involved in illegal drug trade had eluded arrest when police launched a search operation against them, on Sunday.Authorities identified those subject of their manhunt as Sambuto Ulidan Dalimama and Mansur Ulidan Salimama, both residents of M’lang.Chief Inspector Rolly Oranza, chief of M’lang PNP, said the two are also involved in carnapping and stealing of motorcycles in North Cotabato and Maguindanao.On Sunday, Oranza, together with some members of the 108thBase Command of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), searched the houses of the suspects for allegedly keeping shabu and other illegal drugs, stolen motorcycles, and illegal firearms.Oranza said during the search they recovered from the suspects’ houses a number of small cellophanes allegedly containing shabu, plate cards of motorcycles, and several vehicle keys.