15 November 2005
Acetylene gang loots Villasis pawnshop
VILLASIS – Members of the acetylene gang who robbed a pawnshop here of P800,000 in jewelry by boring a hole thru its concrete wall are about to be identified, according to the police.
The Villasis police has gathered leads on the identity of at least one of the suspects in the heist of the Peeny Rose Pawnshop at Poblacion II owned by Roberto Ramos, 45.
It was the second robbery of its kind in eastern Pangasinan so far after another pawnshop was robbed in the same fashion two weeks ago in Tayug town.
In this latest robbery, the robbers leased an office site adjacent to the pawnshop. In that office space, they put in several equipment and made it appear they were renovating the same.
Without creating much noise, they bored a hole toward the pawnshop in the evening of November 5, a Saturday, till the following day Nov. 6.
Once inside the pawnshop, they used acetylene torch to open the vault and scooped out all the jewelries.
An investigator of the Villasis police said so far, they have tagged one of the suspects with the aid of several witnesses.
The police learned that the suspects earned the goodwill of the building owner by advancing their lease, prompting the latter to entrust them the key to the leased office space. The police warned business establishments to be wary of strangers renting office spaces next to them as this is one of the criminal modus operandi used in office break-ins like the recent robbery in Tayug town. (PNA)
The Villasis police has gathered leads on the identity of at least one of the suspects in the heist of the Peeny Rose Pawnshop at Poblacion II owned by Roberto Ramos, 45.
It was the second robbery of its kind in eastern Pangasinan so far after another pawnshop was robbed in the same fashion two weeks ago in Tayug town.
In this latest robbery, the robbers leased an office site adjacent to the pawnshop. In that office space, they put in several equipment and made it appear they were renovating the same.
Without creating much noise, they bored a hole toward the pawnshop in the evening of November 5, a Saturday, till the following day Nov. 6.
Once inside the pawnshop, they used acetylene torch to open the vault and scooped out all the jewelries.
An investigator of the Villasis police said so far, they have tagged one of the suspects with the aid of several witnesses.
The police learned that the suspects earned the goodwill of the building owner by advancing their lease, prompting the latter to entrust them the key to the leased office space. The police warned business establishments to be wary of strangers renting office spaces next to them as this is one of the criminal modus operandi used in office break-ins like the recent robbery in Tayug town. (PNA)
