Woman trader loses P.1 M to robbers
BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya – An Ifugao woman trader lost at least P100,000 to still unknown suspects who robbed her in broad daylight in neigboring Solano town, adding to the increasing cases of crimes in the province’s premier commercial district.
In a report obtained by The STAR yesterday, the robbery victim was identified as Pauline Bogbog, 32, of Lagawe, Ifugao, whose P100,000 she had just withdrawn from a bank in the town’s downtown were taken by the suspects last week.
Besides the cash amount, the suspects also took the victim’s ATM cards, a passbook and other valuable items, including documents.
According to reports, the suspects closely approached their victim at gunpoint just as she was about to ride on a mini-elf truck waiting nearby a police outpost, and quietly announced a holdup.
The motorcycle-riding suspects, one of them reportedly armed with a caliber .45 pistol, immediately fled toward this capitol town.
Besides other angles, investigators are eyeing a possible inside job in the incident as the robbers appeared to have prior information about the victim’s transaction that day.
The incident was the latest to take place in the province’s city-bound town, which has been put in a bad light due to a spate of crimes in the past months, including the robbery of Solano’s Centro Mall, where the burglars took more than P1 million in cash and valuables. – Charlie Lagasca
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