By ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR.
Investigators are still looking into the possibility that the suspects in the January 16, 2016 NCCC Mall robbery case in Tagum City are affiliated with a big robbery syndicate in Manila.
In an interview after the AFP-PNP Press Corps yesterday at Task Force Davao, Police Regional Office (PRO) 11 spokesperson Chief Inspector Andrea dela Cerna said the incident appears to have been well planned, something that only organized crime groups can do.
“We will not discount that possibility,” dela Cerna said.
She said the arrested suspect, Salvador G. Dagong alias Atort, has connections with the Acetylene Gang.
Dagong was arrested on January 18 through a warrant of arrest issued last year by Panabo City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 34 Judge Dax Gonzaga Xenos for robbery with violence and intimidation.
“We need to investigate deeper on their connection so that we will locate it and to see their affiliations and if they have cases in other areas in the country,” dela Cerna said.
Dela Cerna said Dagong came from Luzon and came to Region 11 to work on the gang’s robbery operations.
“The police are now intensifying the intelligence monitoring because we want to locate his (Dagong) other cases,” she said.
Meanwhile, dela Cerna said the Tagum City Police Office has already filed a case against the six other suspects for robbery and homicide.
Dela Cerna said the case was filed at the Davao del Norte Provincial Prosecutor’s Office through regular filling last week.
She said although the suspects have not been identified, they appeared as John Does in the complaint.
Dela Cerna also said PRO 11 has already formed Special Investigation Task Group (SITG) NCCC to concentrate on the robbery probe.
The robbery was mounted at around 9:15 a.m. on January 16. The robbers, armed with long and short firearms, entered the mall and pointed their guns at the security guard at the entrance.
The robbers simultaneously ransacked the mall’s own jewelry section and Shirley’s Jewelry, breaking the glass compartments of the said shops.
The suspects fled to unknown directions using three XRM motorcycles.
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