21 December 2005
Driver abducted, killed in Binalonan hijack try
BINALONAN – A driver of a delivery van of Nestle was shot and killed by six persons who failed to hijack his vehicle along the national highway in barangay Bugayong here at 4:30 a.m. last Wednesday.
The driver was identified as Jimmy Nobleza, 41, whose bloodies body was left by the suspects along the road in barangay Pasileng, Asingan less than two hours later.
Chief Inspector Napoleon Viray, chief of police of Binalonan, said Nobleza was taken hostage by the armed men after they failed to hijack the delivery van being drivern by him which had suffered a flat tire. Nobleza and his three crewmen were first held at bay by the occupants of a passing van as they were changing the tires of their vehicle. The fan had one tire blown up just before the men in the van stopped and held them up.
Nobleza’s three companions managed to run away, leaving Nobleza in the hands of the suspects.
Possibly frustrated after failing to open the delivery van in order to cart away its load of Nestle products, the suspects took Nobleza with them in their vehicles.
Probers theorize they shot Nobleza somewhere along the way and subsequently left his body along the roadside in barangay Pasileng.
The van’s crew went to the police station to report the matter. While they were still at the police station, the police received a report that a body with gunshot wounds was found in barangay Pasileng at about 6 a.m. It turned out to be Nobleza. (PNA)
The driver was identified as Jimmy Nobleza, 41, whose bloodies body was left by the suspects along the road in barangay Pasileng, Asingan less than two hours later.
Chief Inspector Napoleon Viray, chief of police of Binalonan, said Nobleza was taken hostage by the armed men after they failed to hijack the delivery van being drivern by him which had suffered a flat tire. Nobleza and his three crewmen were first held at bay by the occupants of a passing van as they were changing the tires of their vehicle. The fan had one tire blown up just before the men in the van stopped and held them up.
Nobleza’s three companions managed to run away, leaving Nobleza in the hands of the suspects.
Possibly frustrated after failing to open the delivery van in order to cart away its load of Nestle products, the suspects took Nobleza with them in their vehicles.
Probers theorize they shot Nobleza somewhere along the way and subsequently left his body along the roadside in barangay Pasileng.
The van’s crew went to the police station to report the matter. While they were still at the police station, the police received a report that a body with gunshot wounds was found in barangay Pasileng at about 6 a.m. It turned out to be Nobleza. (PNA)
