LEGAZPI CITY---Two persons were arrested last week while 18 pieces of counterfeit P1,000 were seized in their possession by the Sorsogon police while buying in the public market of Bulusan town with the fake bills.
Chief Inspector Fred Nierva, spokesman of the Sorsogon police, identified the suspects as Melchor Ryan Vergara, 30, of Barangay Amoguis, Lagonoy town; and Arjay Abad,22, of Barangay Taytay, Goa town, both in Camarines Sur.
Nierva said the two were arrested while buying in the store owned by a certain Joey Gob in the Bulusan town public market, adding that the suspects were the subject of their long intelligence operations following reports that a syndicate circulating bogus money is operating in the province.
Upon interrogation, the two squelled the name of a certain Jose Tijares alias Manong Joe as the leader of the Tijares Gang of which they were members, Nierva said.
The police spokesman said they were already verifying the identity of the alleged gang leader, while the two suspects were detained at the Bulusan jail while appropriate charges are being redied against them.
Earlier this year, the Central Bank office based in Legazpi City had forewarned the public as well as business establishments against fake peso bills after businessmen in Bicol turned over to them bank at least 37 pieces of bogus P1,000 bills.
Marlyn Paje, Central Bank-Legazpi manager, said that they had already turned over the fake bills to their main office early in January.
She also warned the public against the proliferation of fake peso bills coming from still unknown sources.
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