Ifugao treasurer’s office looted of cash, equipment

LAGAWE, Ifugao — Burglars looted the provincial Capitol here of at least P1 million in cash and checks and equipment over the weekend, police said.

Chief Inspector Salonga Abuggao, of the Ifugao police command, said the robbers ransacked the provincial treasurer’s office and took off with P531,948 in cash, 16 checks worth P319,858, ATM cards and some office equipment.

Abuggao suspects that the robbers could also be the ones responsible for the recent spate of robberies in the province.

Among those victimized were the local offices of the departments of the interior and local government, trade and industry, and public works and highways, which lost a total of at least P500,000 in cash and equipment.

Abuggao said the perpetrators could belong to the highway robbery and akyat-bahay syndicates operating in the Cordilleras and Cagayan Valley.