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DPS teams up with PNP to solve crimes
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Posted on Mar 05 2001
Local police officials have teamed up with their Philippine law enforcement counterparts in delving deeper into unsolved criminal cases involving Filipino nationals facing criminal charges in the CNMI.
Authorities from both the Philippine and CNMI governments have forged alliance to bring justice to the recent arrest of seven Filipino nationals indicted on allegations of counterfeiting fake dollars, as well as the pending Chalan Kiya robbery incident pinpointing to Filipino suspects.
Police last year determined the location of the two male suspects, Victor Santa Monica and Allan Rodeo. They were arrested for the Oct. 9, 2000 robbery of a Japanese national in Chalan Kiya.
According to reports, the armed suspects forcefully entered the residence of Junko Sakai and stole cash, jewelry, and a car.
The suspects reportedly ransacked the victim’s house and ran away with the valuable items along with $15,000 in cash.
The suspects allegedly gagged and tied the hands of 51-year-old Ms. Sakai to prevent her from retaliating.
Meanwhile, Philippine and CNMI-based police officials have deployed an extensive probe on an illegal recruiter believed to be behind the entry of seven Filipino nationals into the CNMI, who brought with them some $5,000 of bogus greenback.
Authorities are reportedly facing difficulty zooming in on the suspected illegal recruiter since he or she is known to use different names to escape charges.
A certain Emma Ragoyal Cabigting has been named suspect in the illegal recruitment/counterfeiting case. She allegedly gave her victims the fake dollars in Manila before the group flew to the Commonwealth as tourists.
They were supposedly instructed to revert the bogus currency back to Ms. Cabigting in the Philippines after they had used it as “show money.”
The defendants had revealed they were promised by their recruiter jobs in the Commonwealth, paying as much as $1,000 to $1,500 for the exchange deal.
The promised jobs turned out to be a hoax since the recruiter was apparently illegal.
The victims also discovered only at the time of their encounter with the Commonwealth Immigration that they carried with them fake dollars.
