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BY KEVIN GALANG<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n MABALACAT CITY, Pampanga \u2014 Two Korean nationals and a Filipino driver on Thursday were arrested for alleged extort try and possession of illegal drugs in an entrapment operation inside a resturant at the Clark Freeport Zone.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Mabalacat City police chief Lt. Col. Efren David reported to Police Regional Office 3 (PRO3) director Brig. Gen. Ponce Rogelio Penones Jr, that arrested were alias \u201cJo,\u201d 32, an investor; alias \u201cKim,\u201d 37, a businessman, both Korean nationals; and alias \u201cAtao,\u201d 37, a Filipino driver, all residents of Angeles City, Pampanga.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n David said that the operation stemmed from a complaint filed by Korean with the name Leo, 31.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Leo told the Mabalacat police that the suspects were threatening him and demanding P4.4 million in exchange for his safety.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Acting on the complaint, operatives of the Mabalacat City police\u2019s Intelligence Section and Drug Enforcement Unit launched a sting at ON Caf\u00e9 and Restaurant.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Seized from the suspects were around 50 grams of shabu worth P340,000; 53 grams of cocaine valued at P265,000; 50 tablets of ecstasy worth P85,000; and three vape cartridges containing marijuana valued at P13,500.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Also confiscated were a cal..40 Glock 22 Gen 4 pistol with three magazines and 33 rounds of live ammunition, five smartphones, various identification cards, other personal items, and the boodle money.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n David said the arrested suspects and the confiscated evidence were brought to the Mabalacat Police Station for proper disposition and filing of appropriate charges.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" BY KEVIN GALANG MABALACAT CITY, Pampanga — Two Korean nationals and a Filipino driver on Thursday were arrested for alleged extort try and possession of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16500,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16499"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16499"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16501,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16499\/revisions\/16501"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}