ORMOC CITY, Leyte, Aug. 5 (PNA) – The police here pursued deep investigation following a robbery of a ticketing office Tuesday morning that took about Php 265,000 cash.
City police director Sr. Supt. Ferdinand M. Garay ordered the team of police station 1 chief Sr. Insp. Rio M. Tan to uncover the lead of the two suspects, who right away fled on board a single motorcycle.
Tan said while most of the city-goers were busy, a robbery was unnoticed at Brazilian boutique/Chariz Travels/Leyeco V e-payment center at Rizal Street, this city owned by Jona B. Chan, 48.
Chan’s driver 55-year old Primo N. Licana said when the two suspects entered the establishment, one of them froze him first by pointing a gun at his head and announced hold up.
One of the suspects ordered Chan to quickly place the cash inside a bag and five units of mobile phones.
Licana ignored his fear, escaped at the office exit when the suspects focused their attention to Chan.
From the exit, he went up the building’s second floor and quickly told another occupant Lawyer Nicolas Maglasang regarding the incident.
He then went out of the building, ran across the street and told the guard on duty of Pongos Hotel and finally to the police station at approximate distance of 250-meters.
But the crime was finished in just few minutes and the suspects fled when the police arrived. No one was hurt.
Garay said that a cartographic sketch was crafted with the help of the witnesses and footages of closed circuit television (CCTV) from nearby establishments are being retrieved to potentially identify the suspects.
With the coming of the holiday season, potential crimes of its kind are anticipated so the police warned the public to be vigilant at all times and encouraged to report upon noticing some suspicious characters.
With this, Garay increased police presence, especially at the city streets where most possible crimes are committed and ordered his men to conduct roving at various villages.
During gathering of village officials on Monday, the police director announced keeping records of new personalities in their villages like the renters citing previous events involving unknown personalities. (PNA)