PAGADIAN CITY: Five
would-be passengers held-up and robbed a Rural Transit bus and disarmed a
policeman-passenger along the highway in Zamboanga Sibugay, police reports
reaching Misamis News Digest said.
Police Regional Office
(PRO)-Zampen Information OIC Inspector Dahlan Samuddin said the night highway
robbery took place last Saturday evening
while the bus was in transit passing Dipala, Kabasalan.
Samuddin added that Rural
Transit Mindanao Inc. (RTMI) 9502 was travelling towards this city coming from
Zamboanga when five of the passengers armed with handguns suddenly declared the
heist.
The robbers also took
the .9-mm pistol of PO3 Jimwell Penales, cell phones, ATMs and P4,500 cash.
Samuddin said in his
report that an undetermined worth of cash and valuables were taken by the
robbers who disembarked and fled toward Ipil after the theft.
As of press time, investigation
is continuing to uncover the identities of the five gunmen.
Highway robberies
involving RTMI buses have been an endless testimony by travelers who pass
through the municipalities of Zamboanga Sibugay during nightfall before and now.