AT least four suspected members of a breakaway communist rebel hit-squad were arrested by combined police operatives on Wednesday in remote village in Iloilo province, reports said on Thursday. Criminal Investigation and Detection Group director, Chief Supt. Benjamin Magalong, identified the four arrested suspects as Rogelio Labordo, Jiger Labordo, Jessie Labordo and Richard Leal, all residents of Lambunao, Iloilo. Magalong said that the four were believed to be members of the Alex Boncayao Brigade (ABB) and were engaged in robbery hold-ups in Lambunao and nearby towns in Iloilo province. Seized from the suspects when arrested where a cache of high-powered firearms consisting of four 12-gauge homemade shotguns, a .45- caliber Remington pistol and various types of ammunition. The four are now detained at the Lambunao Municipal Police Station and charges for illegal possession of firearms are being readied against them.
