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Virus Update: 'Love Bug' suspects arrested

By Julian Goldsmith

Published: 8 May 2000 15:28 BST

Three people have been arrested on suspicion of spreading the 'Love Bug' virus following a house raid in Manila, according to a report on AFP.

Officials have detained two women and a man - Rommel Lamores, a 27-year-old bank employee, his wife, Irene de Guzman and her sister, Jocelyn.

According to Federico Opinion, chief of the Philippine National Bureau of Investigation, no charges had been brought against the trio, but the authorities have 36 hours to do so.

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