Robbers strike at mall store

[che(k_afss]

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kuyawa na ron ang tulisan sa, broad daylight, traffic congested area, heavily armed..naa untay mag roving sa malls nga pulis (in plain civilian clothes) pra ma curve ang criminal acts..lisud na gyud ron panahuna..lack of coordination sad to sa part sa mga guards. the guard who saw the get away car should have noticed the car plate and alerted the police. another planned robbery . hehe

[flanker]

dang... tagna jud ko... matulis jud cla.. weak kaayo ilang security since pag hawa sa Xlibris dha.. maayo man gud sauna kai daghan mga Xlibris guards mag tambay sa gawas kai tupad raman cla...

[666satan]

mura sa emall ra ang dli secured regarding sa mga jewelry shop..sa sm mag close naman og sayo..then dghan kaayo og pad lock..tapos hiposon jd nila ang mga item g display...sayop pd na sa owner...and impossible sad kahibaw sila sa oras ang mga robbers...i think inside job na...hehehe

[gcc4426]

init gyud ni ron ky hapit na psko.

[moz_k2]

grabeha oi.
doul ra ang fuente police ug ang camp sotero.
wla jud mka responde.
paltik pud ang 166

[chaowix]

pwede ra d i ta mang hold up kay useless man ilang 166 haha. so mka get away rata anytime. nice! mas makasalig nata sa mga pulis ron wahaha

[jdimpas]

update:

Thursday, December 4, 2008 - 12:45am
source: Heists in May, mall jewelry store likely carried out by members of same rob group | Sun.Star Network Online

POLICE now have enough proof for filing robbery charges against three men identified as among the seven who robbed a shop inside a mall Tuesday afternoon of at least P1 million in jewelry.
Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) Director Patrocinio Comendador said that the seven suspects, not six as earlier reported, who victimized Golden Treasures – Best of Jewelry were members of an organized group.

“They have the equipment, the firearms, and the support,” he said.
Theft and Robbery Section (TRS) Chief Michael Anthony Bastes said in an interview over radio dyLA that the group is Mindanao-based. Some of the members were previously accosted by another police agency after their names were linked to another robbery in Cebu.

Both Bastes and Comendador agree that the manner of execution in the Golden Treasures robbery was similar to previous incidents, particularly the twin robbery of jewelry shops in Barangay Ermita last May.
They noticed a pattern—using long firearms, no masks to hide their faces, smashing display glass cases, boarding a car and later abandoning it.

Judging from how the heist was executed, Comendador said it was well-planned and proper casing on the establishment was done.

The jewelry shop owned by Albert Young is located very near the exit door of Mango Square Mall leading to the third floor’s parking area.
Comendador said the CCPO is now verifying the possibility that the suspects in Tuesday’s robbery and those behind the heist last May belong to the same robbery group.

Charges

Police, however, will file charges before the week ends, after witnesses identified the three suspects through the pictures shown to them.
The CCPO will release the names and photographs of the suspects once the complaint is filed before the Cebu City Prosecutor’s Office.

Bastes, who was with Comendador in a news conference yesterday, said that based on the report given to him by the shop owner, the robbers took at least P1 million worth of jewelry.
Bastes said that of the seven suspects, six of them executed the heist; the seventh suspect drove the getaway vehicle.

During yesterday afternoon’s reenactment of the robbery, security guard Rudolph Anthony Ramos showed the TRS team how the heist was pulled off.
He said that before the robbery was announced, one man, who turned out to be one of the suspects, went inside the jewelry shop and pretended to be a customer.
Moments later, three armed men arrived and disarmed Ramos of his .38 revolver.
Two of the three men joined the one inside the store while another stayed with Ramos and told him to stay on the ground.

Two more men arrived, with one of them bringing the bag where the loot was placed.
The heist was over in three minutes.
Police later found the getaway vehicle, a white Nissan Sentra (GEG-907), abandoned along Ma. Cristina Ext., Barangay Camputhaw.

Comendador said he already ordered the investigating team led by Supt. Pablo Labra II to coordinate with the Land Transportation Office 7 to determine who owns the car.
Comendador, however, believes the car is stolen.

Line problem

On the police’s alleged failure to immediately take the call for assistance through the hotline 166, Comendador admitted there is a problem with the line.
Comendador said his office has already coordinated with the Cebu City Government and the Philippine Long Distance Telephone (PLDT) Co. about the problem.
He said he learned that there was no problem with its connection with the PLDT but with the connection at City Hall.

The problem is making the City Government consider a more “intelligent and integrated emergency system” that is toll-free and could be accessed through any communication gadgets.
The plan to set up an emergency system similar to the US’ 911 hotline is hoped to be established in six months.
Councilor Sylvan Jakosalem said he will meet with telecom companies next week to come up with a system that the hotline could be reached through landlines and cellular phones, even those that are without available loads, during emergency situations.
This early, he said, Globe Telecommunications and PLDT have signified interest to come up with such a system.

Edwin Dilao, Mobile Patrol Group base control operator, said that when they transferred to the City Hall building two years ago, they already noted problems with the system.
Six months ago, the problem worsened.
Dilao said that when there is a call, the MPG’s three active phones ring, but the caller only gets a dialtone when they pick up the phones.

Because line 166 is defective, he said that the MPG could be reached through telephone numbers 253-8303 to 04 or through text-a-crime hotline 0928-2903677.
Jakosalem said that with most people having cell phones, the police hotline should be accessible through such gadgets.

[lecreigh]

Because line 166 is defective,

are they kidding?
grabe oi. pati malls dili na jud safe sa mga robberies.. tsk9.

[giddyboy]

what if the robbers knew that the 166 hotline is screwed? what if these robbers are in cahoots with some dirty cops? was the police hotline non-functional on that day only or what?

it seems big time ning grupoha ky mahalon man nga firearms gipang gamit. i hope this group is not another one based in Ozamis (i even wonder why i heard daghan pa gihapon dha sa Ozamiz. what's their guv or mayor doing there? AFAIK, Kuratong Baleleng came from Ozamis).

and the surgical operation that was made in just 3 minutes will make us wonder if this group is some sort of trained by SWAT or something.

i also wonder why if some members are already in the rogues gallery long before, why couldn't the police been tipped of their presence in Cebu, spotted them or arrested them few days before. the robbers don't even wear masks during the heist. (aaah, way gamit ang Oplan Universe.)

as for the store owner, less than 20K raman na ang functional surveillance cam and alarm. they should invest in one of those thingy. what's 20k compared to 2M worth of merchandise di ba? common sense...

i say blame the police, the store owner, the mall owner, and the security agency. they all share the blame. ang sikyu? i won't blame him.

from what i heard from coffee chismises, groups of robbers like these usually have the backing of a big time politician or some big time police or military...ex or not...faetz

anyways, incidents like this are a no surprise at all and already boring. The authorities are only there to "react" (not pro-act) after the damage has been done. murag salida ba ni FPJ or Rudy Fernandez. anha na maabot ang pulis dapit na sa ending ug humana na ang action...(this seems funny but it's not)

[moz_k2]

what if the robbers knew that the 166 hotline is screwed?

bitaw no

or they are the one who screwed it.