The Philippine National Police has filed a criminal charge against four residents of Guiamlong, Caramoran for the robbery-holdup perpetrated on two employees of the ARDCI NGO Group last August.

In its report to Catanduanes PNP provincial director Senior Superintendent Eduardo Chavez, the Caramoran police identified the respondents in the case filed before the Provincial Prosecution Office as Jose Luel “Ruel” Abejo, Ruben “Sarit” Butial, Juan Alano, and Jimmy “Kimit-kimit” Alano.

Community development officers Eric Gomez, 26, of Eastern Cavinitan, Virac, and Noel Trinidad, 25, of Lourdes, Pandan, were going back to the ARDCI branch in Caramoran on board their motorcycle after collecting money from their clients at 5:40 P.M. of Aug. 15 when they were flagged down by four unidentified men wearing black bonnets and camouflage upper garments incident along the national road at sitio Pambarote in barangay Guiamlong.

The suspects were armed with a cal. 45 pistol with silencer, a hunting knife, kitchen knife and a long firearm of unknown make. They took from Gomez the cash collection of P140,000, his wallet containing P1,300, ATM cards and other IDs.

Meanwhile, an unknown robber forcibly entered the room of the assisting deacon at the Saint John the Baptist Church in Bato town the other Sunday, taking the mass collection as well as the deacon’s personal money.

Neptaly Tañon Jr., 28, told the Bato police that he discovered the crime at 8:30 A.M. at the convent at barangay Libod Poblacion. According to the investigation report made by PO2 Ruel Adille, the suspect apparently went first through the ceiling at the comfort room and then, while inside, crawled towards the deacon’s room. He then destroyed the ceiling and dropped down to the room where he took P600 from Tañon’s personal belongings, P800 in mass collections and the church’s subsistence allowance of P10,000.