LUCENA CITY —- Police arrested a village watchman (barangay tanod) in an entrapment operation over an alleged robbery extortion case in Batangas City Monday.
The Batangas police reported Tuesday that operatives collared Ronnel Balita, 33, a watchman in Barangay Santa Rita Karsada, in a gasoline station in the same village around 4:30 p.m.
Another suspect, Erlando De Torres, also a village watchman, evaded the arrest.
The entrapment operation came after Paul Benson Dijan, 26, resident of the same village, filed a complaint at the police station against Balita and De Torres, who allegedly demanded P30,000 from him.
The money was in exchange for not spreading the photo of Dija…
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