LUCENA CITY, Quezon – Police arrested a 42-year-old man facing a rape complaint and recovered suspected shabu (crystal methamphetamine) and an unlicensed firearm during an operation in Bacoor City, Cavite, on Friday.

The suspect, identified only by the alias “Randy,” was arrested by police operatives in Barangay Queensrow East on Friday afternoon, the Calabarzon police said in a report Saturday.

According to the police, the arrest stemmed from a complaint filed by a 16-year-old girl, accompanied by her mother, who alleged that the suspect raped her inside his house on June 24.

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Authorities said the suspect allegedly resisted arrest but was eventually subdued by the arresting officers. FEATURED STORIES