PHILLIPINES COMPUTERS STOLEN Sun.Star Baguio - Robbers hit Internet cafes anew

Monday, July 21, 2008
Robbers hit Internet cafes anew
By Ernie N. Olson Jr.

IF ROBBERS will set up their own business they can already put up an Internet café based on the number of computers stolen from various Internet shops.

Robbery gangs again broke into and carted off 17 computers from various Internet shops on opposite sides of Baguio within a matter of hours, past midnight last Tuesday.

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Police identified the establishments as the Surf & Beyond Internet Café owned and managed by Cecil Miguel Capuno and the Madegyem Computer Shop owned and managed by Martina Kitongan Madegyem.

According to police of BCPO Station 2, Surf & Beyond Internet Café was broken into by still unidentified burglars, who carted away eight assorted computers worth P120,000 from there sometime between 11 p.m. of July 14 and 5 a.m. of July 15.

An initial investigation showed the police suspect that the burglars gained entry into the place by destroying the padlocks on the main door with the use of a bolt cutter.

On the other hand, a separate probe showed that the burglars involved in the Puliwes robbery were also suspected of gaining entry into the place by also destroying the padlock on the main door with a bolt cutter, and once inside, took nine assorted computers valued at P50,000 sometime between 12 midnight and 6 a.m. of July 15.

In both cases, separate teams from BCPO Stations 2 and 8, and scene-of-the-crime operations (Soco) teams from the Philippine National Police (PNP) Crime Laboratory went to the areas to lift fingerprints and scour the robbed establishments of other clues, which may lead to the identification of the perpetrators.