CAPIZ FORUM
Cops nab ‘wrong’ robbery men
BY FELIPE CELINO
ROXAS City — Authorities arrested three suspects in holding up and robbing a businesswoman here yesterday.
However, victim Mae Cajandig said the suspects — all minors — were not the ones who grabbed her bag containing P1.2 million cash.
Two unidentified men snatched her bag when she was about to deposit the money to a bank here, Cajandig said.
The suspects hurriedly fled onboard a motorcycle, she added.
Policemen conducted checkpoints in all the exit points of this city, and later arrested three minors onboard a single-type motorcycle.
The minors said they avoided the checkpoint in Brgy. Sibaguan here.
They suspected those at the checkpoint as Land Transportation Office personnel seizing unlicensed motorcycles, the minors said.
Supt. Kashmir Disomangcop, city police chief, said the minors were released after the victim denied them as robbery suspects.
The police are currently conducting a hot pursuit operation against the suspects.
Prior to the incident, Cajandig said, one of the suspects bought candies in a nearby store.
Later, another suspect approached and held her up at gunpoint.
Cajandig said she and her husband immediately sought police assistance.
The Cajandigs were distributors of Rebisco Biscuit products in the province.
Last year, a cargo truck of Rebisco was also held up by unidentified men. The suspects remain at large./PN
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