BAGUIO CITY, Philippines – A police officer assigned at the Pasay police lost his automatic Israeli-made Galil rifle to thieves last Sunday.
Police Chief Inspector Felimon Cacap, assigned at the Southern Police District in Pasay City, lost his rifle during Baguio City's Charter Day.
Baguio police said the break-in occurred between 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Purok 27, Upper Irisan, Baguio City.
Police discovered that the padlock of the victims' main door was missing and their personal belongings in disarray. The automatic rifle of Cacap, five cellular phones, two Asus laptops and a digital camera were missing.
Meanwhile, still on Sunday, 32-year-old reflexologist Tita Tungpalan lost her bag right inside her office at the 2nd floor of Maharlika Building located along Magsaysay Avenue where the Baguio City Day parade took place.
A computer shop along Naguilian Road, Lourdes Extension Subdivision was also robbed, with thieves swiping five computer monitors, seven computer central processing units and three keyboards.
Moreover, along Naguillan Road here, 42-year-old Irene Cauagas Borres reported that an unidentified suspect detached the jalousies of the window near their main door and reached the door lock of their house. The victim’s daughter, Jhayfer Anne, was awakened and the suspect fled. Their personal belongings were scattered outside the room and their P40,000 cash and four cellular phones were missing.
Despite the successes of policemen running after robbers, thieves and burglars in the city with the arrest of almost a dozen already, such incidents still abound prompting concern among authorities.
Such prompted Councilor Roberto Ortega, Sr., a former police colonel, to propose before city officials a million-peso reward to every criminal tipped by residents to authorities.