Police arrested a 36-year-old Palestinian national accused of stealing cash from a hotel in Quezon City and recovered the stolen property minutes after the incident, the National Capital Region Police Office said Friday.

The suspect was arrested at a hotel along the Timog Avenue-Tomas Morato Avenue area in Barangay South Triangle at about 11:06 p.m. Thursday after security personnel intercepted him for allegedly taking a cash bag containing P5,020 in hotel collections and an empty cash box without authorization. He now faces a complaint for theft under Article 308 of the Revised Penal Code.

Police said a records check showed the suspect had multiple previous criminal entries in the Philippine National Police's e-Rogues database, including estafa, unjust vexation, resistance and disobedience to a person in authority, and use of a fictitious name. Authorities also confirmed an outstanding warrant of arrest for theft issued by the Taguig Metropolitan Trial Court Branch 74 on 19 May 2026.