CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija–A municipal
vice mayor in Nueva Ecija lost P50,000 to two unidentified hold-up men who took
away his cash he just withdrew from an ATM (automated teller machine) here the
day before Christmas Day, police reported.
Police Senior Superintendent Crizaldo Nieves, provincial
police director, identified the victim as Vice Mayor Emmanuel Manuel of Gen.
Natividad, Nueva Ecija.
The unidentified holdup men pulled off the heist at around
8:45 am last December 24 along the Maharlika Highway, Barangay Dicarma here.
Manuel told police that he just withdrew cash at the ATM
booth of the Philippine National Bank in Barangay Sangitan then drove his
Toyota Tamaraw FX bearing license plate TRT-378 on his way home when it
encountered engine trouble.
As he
was about to step out of his car, the suspects suddenly appeared and declared
the hold-up at gunpoint.
They
then carted away his bag containing P50,000 worth of cash and fled towards the north
direction aboard a black motorcycle. (Manny Galvez)
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