PAGADIAN CITY: The PNP
in the nearby Sibugay province is placed on full alert to ensure the protection
of travelers passing in the area.
Zamboanga Sibugay
police director S/ Supt. Robert Roy Bahian issued the order after a new bus
from the Rural Transit Management, Inc. (RTMI) was robbed along the national
highway in Kabasalan, near midnight the other Saturday.
Investigation showed
the heist occurred at Brgy Dipala while the bus was traveling to this city
coming from Zamboanga.
The gunmen took away
undetermined cash and valuables they divested from the passengers including the
service firearm PO3 Jimwell Penales of Vincenzo Sagun who was among the
passengers.
Surprised passengers
said the suspects fled towards Ipil after the robbery.
As this developed, mobile
patrols were intensified along the Zamboanga Sibugay highway to prevent
repetition of the same incident as police are investigating the incident.
RTMI buses plying the
route from Zamboanga to as far as Cagayan de Oro and Ozamiz cities pass through
Zamboanga Sibugay, mainly in Ipil as stop-over area.