Banking on the euphoria of the police success in busting the robbery group, Supt. Ingking, true to his pro-active background, warned the Taytay sa Kauswagan, Inc. a lending firm catering to small-time borrowers to be careful in its collection and release of company funds.
The police director noted that in a span of eight months, the lending outfit was victimized in as many times or an average loot of P12,000 per month.
As part of the PNP's pro-active approach, Supt. Ingking called a meeting between the assistant branch manager and the chief of the PNP investigation section to discuss the series of robberies. It was last February. The meeting was also aimed to come up with measures to prevent future robbery incidents.
Supt. Ingking also appraised the lending firm of the opportunity created by its collectors in their collection efforts in the remote barangays.
Supt. Ingking said even the information regarding where and when the collectors are going to collect the weekly installments are easily accessible to anyone interested to know about it.
The local PNP recommended the following measures to eliminate opportunities for TSKI collectors to be victimized by robbers:
1. Payment of weekly installment by individual clients should be made at branch offices instead of having it done in the remote barangays; and money to be deposited to the bank from the branch offices should be delivered in an armored car.
Supt. Ingking's warning on TSKI came after the arrest of two suspects in Sagbayan last Thursday.
Since most of the TSKI robberies took place in the remote barangays of northern and central Bohol, it was earlier believed that the two suspects were responsible to the string of hold-ups involving the lending firm.
--published by the Bohol Sunday Post
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