TINGLAYAN, Kalinga –
Highway robbers blocked a portion of Bontoc-Kalinga Road here forcing a van to
stop, then at gunpoint, took P100,000 and a cell phone from the victims and
fled.
A police report said
the incident happened around 5:30 p.m. Monday at SO Kitang, Mallango of this
remote town wherein victims were identified as Pablo Podes, 42, fish
dealer, of Samoki, Bontoc, Mt. Province’ Jefty Castaneda, 36,
driver, of Burgos, Alicia, Isabela; Liis Apagna, 22, helper, of
Sagada, Mountain Province and Wilbert Dida, 15, helper, of Tadian, Mt.
Province.
Investigation
disclosed suspects blocked the van using logs. When the van stopped,
the suspects pointed a gun at the victims and took Podes’s backpack and
shoulder bag containing check and cash amounting to P100,000 and
a Nokia cellphone.
They took also the
backpack of Dida containing his belongings.
The suspects fled
after the incident.
Police are still
trying to identify the highway robbers.
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