Manila, Jan. 14 -- Security and enforcement personnel apprehended a robbery suspect who stole a French national's mobile phone at the EDSA Busway's Quezon Avenue Station in Quezon City over the weekend.

In a statement on Tuesday, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) announced that the thief was apprehended by personnel of the DOTr's Special Action and Intelligence Committee for Transportation (SAICT), the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), and the Philippine National Police (PNP).

"A utility personnel alerted on-duty members of SAICT and the PCG, which led to the suspect's arrest. Bus passengers also assisted in the arrest," the statement read.

PNP officers responded to the scene and took the suspect, identified as Henry Lazo, into custo...