Ifugao cops return found bag with cash

LAGAWE, Ifugao -- Two rookie cops returned a shoulder bag containing cash  amounting to P14,546 and other valuable documents and keys which they found while on patrol in this province’s capital town.

The rookie cops - Police Officers 1 Dan Mariano and Wilson M. Dimalnat -   from the Ifugao Public Safety Company were on foot patrol in front of a gasoline station in Poblacion East when they chanced on the  bag with the items.

The duo then turned over the item to their commander, Supt. Brent Madjaco, to be inventoried and  to track the owner of the  bag.

Found inside the bag were P14, 546.00, a senior citizen I.D., two 2x2 ID pictures, a hospital consultation card and a number of keys.

It was also found out that the bag was owned by a Ms Felomena Pugong from Pawikan, Poblacion East, Lagawe.

The Cordillera Police Command said the action of the two rookie cops showed the kind of policemen and service they give in the highlands.

Cordillera police director Chief Supt. Benjamin Magalong   said Cordillera police bagged this year the best among 14 regions in the country in terms of the Integrated Transformation Program (ITP), the roadmap of the country’s police force toward shedding its old bad image.

In 2012, the Cordillera Police placed last in the ITP list.