By Cherrie Anne E. Villahermosa
Variety News Staff

THE Department of Public Safety and the Commonwealth Ports Authority conducted a mass apprehension operation on Friday resulting in the arrest of 12 individuals for various offenses.
These included four suspects in the armed robbery at Smile Poker in Chalan Kanoa on March 27.
The suspects are Fernando Quitano, Christopher Lee Muna, Martin Pangelinan Cepeda and Joseph Celis San Nicolas.
Quitano, Muna, Cepeda and San Nicolas were arrested on March 30 and 31 in Chalan Kanoa and Susupe for robbery, aggravated, assault and battery and assault with a dangerous weapon.
The four were responsible for the robbery of Smile Poker and for assaulting the security guard, Fam Li, police said.
The suspects were armed with a knife and a baseball bat when they robbed the poker establishment of $5,567.
The four suspects were brought to Superior Court for a bail hearing yesterday afternoon before Associate Judge David A. Wiseman.
The other suspects arrested on Friday were Meliza Aldan Deleon Guerrero, John Benjamin John, Dennis Ngeskebei, Kevin Mendoza Piol, Christopher Litulumar Kaipat, Denmar Malabanan, Barbie Ann Babauta Borja and Raymond Duenas.
With the exception of Meliza Aldan Deleon Guerrero, they were also brought to Superior Court for a bail hearing yesterday afternoon.
Meliza Aldan Deleon Guerrero was brought for a bail hearing on Friday and she was released from the custody of the Department of Corrections after posting bail.
Deleon Guerrero and Borja were arrested for theft and conspiracy while John was arrested for robbery.
Ngeskebie was arrested for theft; Piol for theft and criminal mischief; Kaipat for assault and battery, criminal trespass and disturbing the peace; Malabanan for theft, robbery and assault and battery; and Duenas was arrested for theft.