ANOTHER establishment was robbed this time on New Year’s Eve. Two masked robbers entered Motortrade in F. Ablen St. near the corner of Lilia Ave. 1:00 pm and divested the motorcycle store of P45,421 in cash and the cellphone units of three employees.
Branch secretary Melody Esmero, 22, single of Punta, this city said the suspects, wearing ski masks, t-shirts and short pants, didn’t take long to do the job. Armed with a gun, the robbers ordered the employees to surrender the money and cellphones then casually walked out the store.
Also in the store was manager Ramil Agner, 36 of San Miguel, Leyte and credit collector Erwin Monares, 29 of Hibulangan, Villaba town. Precinct 1 OIC Insp. Alvin Shevert Machete is dismayed by the employees’ delayed distress call and the absence of a CCTV camera in the store.
Had the employees called immediately, the police led by City Police Dir. SSupt. Nilo D. Donayre would have responded earlier and caught the robbers considering the suspects didn’t had a getaway vehicle and just walked towards the direction of Isla Verde, Insp. Machete said.
Responding policemen conducted a hot pursuit operation but failed to catch the robbers. Instead, they nabbed a junkie by the name of Randel Rapales, 27, single of Mabini St., this city. He was caught at Purok Dama de Noche in Cogon in possession of three small sachets of shabu, two rolled marijuana leaves, a Nokia 5310 cellphone and P3,793 in cash. He was sent to the Philippine National Police crime laboratory in Palo town and was charged of violating RA 9165 or the Dangerous Drugs Act. By Dong Arañez
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