No cash, but bag of groceries for 2 holdup men

SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Philippines – They mapped out a daring daytime holdup for a bagful of cash, but carted off a bagful of coffee and canned goods instead.

City police chief Ric David said his men are now hunting down the two motorcycle-riding men who held up Celestino Simbulan, 40, and relative Zeny Mallari, 54, as they were about to board their Nissan sports utility vehicle after withdrawing cash from a bank in Barangay Dolores here last Monday.

The victims though first dropped by the supermarket before they went to the bank.

When the two men announced a holdup, Simbulan put up a fight and was hit on the head. Mallari grabbed the bagful of grocery items and gave it to one of the two men, who immediately fled thinking they got the cash.