P100-M jewelry carted off in Mandaue City mall robbery

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2019 06:30:29 +0000

By CALVIN CORDOVA

CEBU CITY – At least 15 armed men ran off with at least P100-million worth of jewelry in a daring robbery staged inside a mall in Mandaue City, Cebu last Saturday.

The suspects stormed two jewelry stores and two money changer shops inside J-Center Mall around 7 p.m.

A few hours later, pursuing policemen arrested nine suspects aboard MV Maria Helena at Polambato Port in Bogo City, Cebu.

Four of the suspects were killed after they allegedly fought back with operatives of the Regional Special Operations Task Group-Central Visayas, said Police Col. Jonathan Abella, chief of the Mandaue City Police Office.

“After the robbery, we immediately alerted our counterparts in the whole province and that helped us intercept some of the suspects,” Abella said.

Police Major Emily Santos, Bogo police chief, identified the four slain suspects as Kevin Andales, 25, from Tangub City; Wilfredo Enguito, 47;  Philip Taborada, and Glen Tairos.

Suspects currently in police custody are Roel Sumingit, 35; from Tangub City; Jun Candelaria, 38, from Naga City, Bicol; Julivy Quirante, 43, Tangub City; Arnel Cimafranca, 38, and a still unidentified man.

Police investigation showed that the robbers entered the mall through separate entrances.

Police said the robbers were armed with long and short firearms and used hammers to smash the display cases of the jewelry shops.

Abella said they are still investigating how the robbers were able to enter the mall without being detected that they were bringing firearms.

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