Guv alarmed over robbery incidents

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — Governor Lilia Pineda expressed alarm Thursday over the increasing number of robberies involving miners-turned-robbers who dig into pawnshops and banks.
Pineda said culprits are also posing as workers of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), municipal engineering office, and telephone or electric companies.
The governor is set to meet municipal police chiefs who will be directed to tighten security on banks and pawnshops and conduct constant monitoring in their respective areas of responsibility.
Robbery syndicates are engaging the services of miners who tunnel their way quietly into their target pawnshops or banks.
Police investigation revealed that robbers used acetylene torches to open the pawnshop vault and gain entry through the floor by digging a hole from a nearby rented house, a drainage system or river bank.
Pineda said she will also invite the concerned officials of Department of Public Works and Highways and municipal engineers to always check and closely monitor the constructed drainage system along commercial areas particularly in pawnshops and banks.
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