One of two Ifugao highway robbers in P32-K heist known

LAMUT, Ifugao – One of two hold-uppers who robbed a collector of a lending company of around P32,000 cash, cell phone, calculator among other items here has been identified as Rey Bannawol Biclad, previously charged for alarm and scandal.

 Victim Eric Rabina Reyon, 23, single, Filipino, ASA Lending collector  told police he was stopped by Biclad who had handgun and a still unidentified man along Hapid Road around 11 a.m. of Sept. 29 and robbed of the items.    

Reyon said he was on his way back to Poblacion, Lamut  on board his motorcycle, when the two suspects suddenly flagged him down at the boundary of Sanafe and Hapid, both barangays of Lamit.

One of the suspects pointed the gun at him causing him to stop. They searched him and took the following: P29,400 cash, back pack containing his flare J1 Cherry Mobile cell phone worth P4,000, calculator, documents and his wallet containing cash amounting to P2,650.

The suspects took the key of the motorcycle and threw it at the grassy portion below the road and instructed him to run to Hapid which he did. Reyon said he rode a jeep bound to Poblacion and immediately reported the incident to Lamut police.

Upon arrival, the investigator showed mug shots of previously arrested persons. Reyon identified one in the photographs as one of the two who robbed him as Biclad. Lamut police are now hunting the two suspects.