Alleged NPA officer and wife arrested

MANILA, Philippines – Police and military officers jointly arrested in Marikina City an alleged New People’s Army (NPA) intelligence officer and his wife on Friday, June 28.

The Philippine Army (PA) said Juan Paolo Rodrigo “Cocoy” Versosa and his wife Grace “Lennon” Versosa were taken under custody in Barangay Fortuna on the basis of an arrest warrant issued by a local court. The two were charged with “robbery with homicide.”

Cocoy is a suspected intelligence officer of the NPA’s Samar Provincial Party Committee. Lennon is a suspected staff of the NPA’s Eastern Visayas Regional Party Committee reproduction bureau.

Capt Amado Gutierrez of the PA’s 8th Infantry Division (ID) in Samar said the couple was nabbed by joint elements of the Philippine National Police and the 8th ID. 

The couple is allegedly involved in the armed rebel group’s operations in the Visayas region.

Now in the custody of the Eastern Police District, both of them will be turned over to the local court in Catbalogan City.

According to Major General Gerardo Layug of the 8th ID, information provided by civilians aided in the arrest of the couple.  – Rappler.com