PAGADIAN (Mindanao Examiner / Oct. 15, 2013) – Two armed men robbed a branch of the cargo forwarder LBC in Buug town in Zamboanga Sibugay province in southern Philippines and escaped with over P180,000 in loot, police said Tuesday.
Police said the employees were about to close their shop when two gunmen barged and declared the robbery. The assailants fled on a motorcycle after the heist.
Investigators said the cargo forwarder was manned by only three employees – Rutcher Pagayon, Allen Capas and Palen Banseloy – who gave their statement to the police.
The employees said the gunmen forced them to open the vault. It was not immediately known whether the firm has a security camera. (Mindanao Examiner)
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