The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) has arrested a fugitive wanted under an Interpol Red Notice at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3, marking another success in its campaign against fugitives.
Police identified the suspect, alias “Maria,” a resident of Bobon, Northern Samar, who has an outstanding warrant of arrest for homicide issued by the Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 76.
She was involved in the killing of a victim in 2002.
Investigators found that she fled the country in 2021, prompting coordination with the Philippine Center on Transnational Crime–Interpol for the issuance of a Red Notice.
After nearly nine years in hiding, she was tracked down in Rome, Italy, and repatriated to the Philippines, where she was arrested upon arrival.
QCPD Acting Director Col. Randy Glenn Silvio commended the operatives, saying the arrest proves that “no criminal, no matter how elusive, can escape the long arm of the law.”
