25 fake Typhoon Yolanda evacuees arrested at Villamor Air Base

ABS-CBNNews.com reports: "Soldiers have arrested 25 people who posed as evacuees and relief workers to steal relief goods at Villamor Air Base, the Philippine Air Force (PAF) headquarters in Pasay City."

The report noted: "PAF spokesman Col. Miguel Ernesto Okol said the 25 were arrested in separate operations from November 16 up to last Saturday, November 23. He said the suspects posed as survivors and evacuees but were not in the manifest of evacuees from Tacloban."

These 25 people were caught either stealing from volunteers and evacuees or trying to make off with relief goods.

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