Plainclothes officers of the Quezon City Police District arrested two Pasay City men in an entrapment operation in Barangay Bagumbayan, Quezon City, on the evening of 9 November 2026.[1] The two are identified only by the aliases Jun, 25, and Vin, 26, both residents of Pasay City.[1] The police report said the victims found their bag of belongings missing while they were inside a mall in Barangay Ugong Norte on 8 November 2026.[1] The next day they learned the belongings were being offered for sale and reported it to Eastwood Police Station, known as Police Station 12.[1]

Officers from Police Station 12 set up the entrapment, and the two suspects arrived at the meeting place along E. Rodriguez Avenue in Barangay Bagumbayan at about 10 p.m. on 9 November 2026 carrying the stolen items, the police said.[2] Officers recovered Pokémon collectible cards valued at P24,000 and a Pidgeot EX Great Ball League Stamp Card worth P62,000.[1] They also took a Pokémon card binder holding 546 cards, a Redmi mobile phone and an eco bag.[1]

A search incidental to the arrest found about one gram of suspected dried marijuana worth an estimated P1,500 on Jun.[1] Police said Jun also had a previous record in a case under Republic Act 9165, the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, in April 2023.[1] Both men face charges under Presidential Decree No. 1612, the Anti-Fencing Law, which covers dealing in goods taken in a robbery, and Jun faces a separate charge under Republic Act 9165.[1] The Filipino-language report by Peoples Taliba gives the same aliases, the same meeting place and the same one gram of suspected marijuana valued at P1,500.[2]