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Authorities probe armed theft of businessman in Cebu Metropolis


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CEBU CITY, Philippines – Native policemen at the moment are conducting an investigation on the alleged armed theft of a businessman at his residence in Banawa in Brgy. Guadalupe, Cebu Metropolis, on Tueaday, December 31, 2024, perpetrated by a bunch of armed males.

Cops are probing whether or not a mastermind, presumably a enterprise competitor of the sufferer, was answerable for the crime.   

This was after the sufferer, 21-year-old Comment Broa, reportedly shared to authorities his suspicions that certainly one of his opponents was behind the armed theft.

Broa, a local of Tabuelan city, is the proprietor of some mobile outlets situated in numerous malls in Cebu.

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At round 12:40 a.m. on Tuesday, Broa was parking his automobile as he arrived at his rented home when he was approached by the assailants.

One suspect, the lookout, stayed by their parked bike whereas two others allegedly robbed Broa at gunpoint.

After taping his palms and mouth, the assailants allegedly went to Broa’s automobile and took a paper bag containing P2.5 million in money, which have been proceeds from his enterprise.

In addition they allegedly stashed away chain necklaces value P135,000; a rope necklace value P40,000; a pendant value P25,000; a watch value P200,000; a bracelet value P85,000; a sequence value P20,000; a hoop value P300,000; and cellphone value  P36,000; in addition to ATM playing cards, and passports.

In response to Police Lieutenant Colonel Maria Theresa Macatangay, Deputy Director for Operations of the Cebu Metropolis Police Workplace (CCPO), the sufferer personally reported the armed theft to the Guadalupe Police Station.

She disclosed that CCPO has instructed their intelligence and their investigation tracker crew to help within the ongoing investigation.

As a part of their investigation, police are checking all Closed-circuit tv (CCTV) footages within the space and looking out into the names given by the sufferer on opponents he believes to be concerned within the heist because the mastermind.   

Macatangay assured that they are going to be trying into all doable angles behind the alleged armed theft that resulted within the lack of hundreds of thousands. As well as, they’re verifying the sufferer’s claims of being tied up through the incident.  

She additionally disclosed that they’ve discovered a lead on the whereabouts of the armed people, described as native boys, who barged into the sufferer’s home.

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Broa, in an earlier interview, claimed {that a} police officer rudely advised them to search out their very own investigator if they’re in a rush once they requested for a police report.

In response to this, Macatangay mentioned that such habits won’t be tolerated among the many police drive and that the individual accountable will probably be dealing with administrative sanctions if confirmed true.

She added that officers have been advised to succeed in out to the sufferer to get a sworn assertion on the difficulty for an administrative investigation to be launched promptly.

Following this armed theft incident, Macatangay mentioned that this might function a lesson for the general public on the significance of staying vigilant and alert of their environment to guard themselves from legal entities. | with a report from Futch Anthony Inso  



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