MANGALDAN, PANGASINAN – The grandson of the mayor here was kidnapped, after all.

The police finally admitted this in a news conference here on Monday after repeatedly refusing to confirm earlier the kidnapping incident, which took place last week.

The admission came following the confession of one the kidnapping suspects and the arrest of two others in separate police operations on Saturday (March 14).

Mayor Herminio Romero’s grandson, eight-year-old Cedric Romero, was kidnapped on March 11 while he was on his way to school. The child was freed by his kidnappers unharmed shortly after midnight on March 14 after the family paid ransom money.

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