04 October 2005
Agbayani to Purisima: Stop rash of robberies
LINGAYEN – Pangasinan Gov. Victor Agbayani has ordered the police to do something about the rising incidence of highway robberies perpetrated by armed men usually against persons who have just withdrawn money from banks.
Agbayani summoned Police Provincial Director Alan Purisima to his office after noting the successive highway robbery incidents last week, the biggest of which was the holdup of P798,000 payroll money of the Pangasinan Provincial Hospital somewhere in Binmaley town.
The other incidents happened along the highway in Villasis and in Sta. Maria towns.
In the past, highway robberies also took place in Urdaneta and Dagupan cities, Lingayen and Basista towns. The perpetrators in these cases have not been arrested nor identified.
Purisima said the governor ordered him to provide security not only to banks but also their clients, who are held up by armed men often riding in motorcycles without plate numbers.
He said he will order chiefs of police in different towns and cities to meet with bank officials and personnel to validate reports there are tipsters inside banks spying on people withdrawing big amounts of money.
The National Bureau of Investigation has joined the probe in the holdup of the payroll money of the PPH upon the request of the provincial government, along with the police.
A parallel investigation is now being conducted by the provincial government, the PPH being under its jurisdiction, to find out if the cashier from whom the armed men took the money was negligent. (PNA)
Agbayani summoned Police Provincial Director Alan Purisima to his office after noting the successive highway robbery incidents last week, the biggest of which was the holdup of P798,000 payroll money of the Pangasinan Provincial Hospital somewhere in Binmaley town.
The other incidents happened along the highway in Villasis and in Sta. Maria towns.
In the past, highway robberies also took place in Urdaneta and Dagupan cities, Lingayen and Basista towns. The perpetrators in these cases have not been arrested nor identified.
Purisima said the governor ordered him to provide security not only to banks but also their clients, who are held up by armed men often riding in motorcycles without plate numbers.
He said he will order chiefs of police in different towns and cities to meet with bank officials and personnel to validate reports there are tipsters inside banks spying on people withdrawing big amounts of money.
The National Bureau of Investigation has joined the probe in the holdup of the payroll money of the PPH upon the request of the provincial government, along with the police.
A parallel investigation is now being conducted by the provincial government, the PPH being under its jurisdiction, to find out if the cashier from whom the armed men took the money was negligent. (PNA)
