Tiong San La Trinidad lotto outlet robbed

LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – A lotto outlet inside Tiong San Department Sore here at km 4 was robbed of P50,000 Tuesday night.

A police report said the heist happened between 7:45 p.m. on April 18 and 7:45 a.m. the next day.

The complainant identified as Amaria Tibangay Ramon, 27, lotto outlet sales agent told police at about 7:45 a.m. Tuesday, she had an inventory of her sales then put the cash inside the drawer, locked and left the booth.

When she arrived at about 7:45 a.m. Wednesday, she found out the drawer was already opened and the P50,000 cash  was missing.

She said the missing money was her collection for two days and was supposed to be picked up by lotto remittance staff on April 19. Investigation showed there was no forcible entry and some cash was still left inside the cash drawer.

The Tiongsan security guard officer identified as Revense Reyes reportedly had pushed the sensory button which automatically locks Tiongsan-La Trinidad except the ground floor parking lot of said building at about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday before proceeding to his post outside fronting McDonalds.

The CCTV installed in the area has not yet been released by the establishment to police at press time.

No fingerprints were taken from the booth drawer.