Currimao town hall robbed; cash, checks missing

By Leilanie G. Adriano

Staff reporter

Currimao, Ilocos Norte—The municipal employees of this town underwent fingerprint screening on March 6 after this town’s Sangguniang Bayan (SB) hall was robbed by still unidentified men on March 4.

Based on a police blotter extracted from the Ilocos Norte Police Provincial Office on March 7, the robbery incident was discovered by a municipal employee when he entered the town hall at about 7:57 am on March 4 and discovered that the employees’ drawers were opened.

In view of the on-going construction of the new municipal hall building, the offices of the municipal budget, accounting and treasury including the mayor and vice mayor’s offices have temporarily occupied the SB hall where the robbery took place. Initial reports pegged the missing cash at P246,000 cash collections and more than P500,000 worth of checks.

Police Senior Insp. Ryan Retotar confirmed this on March 5 as he revealed all municipal workers will be investigated.

Based on initial investigation, Mr. Retotar said that a four feet steel cabinet with a bolt inside was destroyed. The padlock of the backdoor located at the western portion of the building was also forcibly opened and detached believed to be the entry and exit of the suspects.

As of press time, Mr. Retotar said that they are still gathering evidences including fingerprinting of all municipal workers, which could lead to the identity of the suspects.

The police theorized three to four persons may have ransacked the building. No CCTV camera was in place.

Currimao Mayor Gladys Go-Que has instructed the police to conduct a thorough investigation to identify and apprehend the suspects.

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