ALFONSO, Cavite—A suspected swindler and his live-in partner were arrested by the police and public market personnel here after posing as a rice dealer and trying to run off with P3,200 in cash.
Mark Columbino, a vegetable vendor, and Gemma Velasquez, 31, both residents of Mangaldan, Pangasinan, were detained after trying to dupe Michael Abierta, 31, and Manuel Marimat, 42, vendors at the Alfonso market.
Police Chief Inspector Alexy E Sonido, chief of the Alfonso Municipal Police Station, said Columbino talked Abierta and Marimat into giving him the money for a shipment of rice, but soon fled without giving the victims the items he promised. Police and the market personnel tracked him and Velasquez down to Barangay Luksuhin Ibaba and arrested them.