Two armed men rob woman
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Jocelyn Encela, 22, learned this Tuesday night when she was held up in barangay Bulacao by two armed men who took her valuables worth a total of P39,000.
Police said Encela, a resident of Friendly Homes Subdivision in Bulacao, was on her way home with two companions when the robbers, armed with ice picks, waylaid them and declared a hold-up.
Encela told policemen she did not know them but reported that one of them was about 5’4” tall, of slim build, with fair complexion, and wearing a sky-blue shirt at the time. Taken from the victim was a Chinese gold bracelet, a cellular phone, and a Gameboy gadget.
Earlier that Tuesday morning, the tanods of barangay Poblacion Pardo arrested Edwin Durano, 34, for allegedly trying to steal a capacitor discharge ignition from a parked multicab owned by Andres Caballero, 34, a resident of the place.
Tanod Regardo Germarino said the responding policemen were able to recover the stolen item and the wrench and a six-inch kitchen knife used by Durano to remove the item.
Durano is now detained and facing a case for theft. — Rizzi Ann C. Cerera, UP Tacloban intern/RAE
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