Notorious gang in CSI heist
STA. BARBARA – Be warned. The crime syndicates have become more brazen in the commission of their crimes.
About 10 unidentified fully-armed men who posed as lawmen wearing “SWAT (Special Weapons and Tactics)” uniforms swooped down on the CSI warehouse in barangay Matic-matic here at 8:00 p.m. of May 30 and carted away more than P267,000 cash money and checks and a Starex van.
In a related development, the same Starex van was used by the same group that staged the P11 million robbery at the Philippine National Bank last Thursday in Cainta. It was later abandoned and found by pursuing police.
Investigation by the police led by Supt. Mateo Casupang, the town police chief, showed that the suspects forcibly entered the warehouse compound on board a black Isuzu Trooper with plate number XBU 477 and disarmed the five security guards on duty.
The suspects carted away P47,000 cash from the employees of Adjuvant Corp. and other cash and checks worth P220, 817.02 from Zesto Corp by forcibly opening the vaults. They also took the plate number WER 923 of a parked Isuzu delivery truck.
The five security guards on duty during the robbery incident will be subjected to a polygraph examination by the PNP Crime Laboratory to determine their possible involvement in the crime.
The police believe it was this same group that broke into the compound of Pepsi Cola in Rosario, La Union the other week from where they carted away P4.2 million cash.
Casupang said the investigation of the incident is still continuing with the help of the other operatives of the Philippine National police in the province, Region and National Capital Region.
The CSI guards said the suspects knocked at the gate of the said establishment followed by the blowing of horn. When the guard on duty tried to verify their identities, one of the suspects allegedly aimed his long firearm at him and ordered him to open the gate.
The suspects hogtied the guards together with four other employees and opened the vaults using acetylene and fled towards east direction. – EVA
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