ORMOC CITY-Two unidentified professional thieves ransacked and robbed the NAMACA Multi-Purpose Cooperative Store in Caibiran, Biliran at about 12:10 am on Wednesday, July 18.
The police said that one alias “Romy,” 62, married, general manager and founder of NAMACA (Nag-kakaisang Mag-sasaka ng Caibiran) Multi-Purpose Cooperative and a resident of Brgy. Maurang here has reported the incident to the police.
The police said that at around 3:50 pm on Wednesday, the general manager personally came to their station to report that their office had been robbed by two unidentified male persons, who carted away an estimated cash amount of P160,000.
The general manager told police that the suspects destroyed the wall to enter through the ceiling of the store, went inside, forcibly opened the security vault, and took the money owned by their cooperative.
CCTV footage shows that around 12:05 midnight on July 18, the two male persons arrived outside the store, one wearing a pink jacket and maong pants, while the other was wearing a striped sando or undershirt with a hood on his head and also wearing a maong pants.
At first, the two suspects sat and observed and after a while, one of them who was wearing a black sando climbed up the terminal shed toward the store and destroyed the wall, while the other suspect served as a lookout.
Police recovered at the crime scene were one cutter, one grinder, and one reserved desk.
The local police are conducting a thorough investigation for the possible identification and arrest of the suspects.
(ROBERT DEJON)
