ZAMBOANGA SIBUGAY – Robbers struck again at the branch of cargo forwarder LBC in Ipil town in Zamboanga Sibugay province in southern Philippines, police said Sunday.
Police said two gunmen barged into the LBC branch in downtown Ipil before noontime on Saturday and declared the heist. They threatened a lone customer and demanded from the manager Cedric Napiñas the money he withdrew from the bank.
The manager then ordered his staff to hand over the money amounting to P130,000 to the robbers who immediately fled on a motorcycle.
It was not immediately known how the gunmen knew that the LBC branch had withdrawn the money from the local bank.
Just in January this year, two robbers armed with handguns also held up the same branch at noontime and carted over half a million pesos in cash before escaping on a motorcycle.
In November 2013, the same branch was also robbed by three gunmen who managed to take away some P380,000 in cash.
The branch was about to close when the gunmen barged and announced the robbery and threatened to shoot Jemiliza Agasita, the cash custodian, if she will not surrender the money. The gunmen also escaped on a motorcycle after the heist.
Also last year, two armed men robbed another LBC branch in Buug town in Zamboanga Sibugay and escaped with over P180,000 in loot. The cargo forwarder was manned by only three employees – Rutcher Pagayon, Allen Capas and Palen Banseloy – when the gunmen barged and forced them to open the vault. (Mindanao Examiner)
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