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By Kit Bagaipo
The Bohol Chronicle

Two armed robbers hit a gasoline station in barangay Dao, this city yesterday fleeing with P240,000 in cash.

The couple Felix and Thelma Ayeng, owners of Dao Caltex Gas Station have just boarded their service vehicle to deposit their collections at a bank here about 8:30 a.m. when the still unidentified robbers who were aboard a motorcycle blocked their path.

According to the couple, one of the suspects disembarked from the motorcycle pointing a gun at Thelma who was holding the bag containing the money to be deposited.

The victims could hardly provide police a description of the suspects as they covered their faces with t-shirts and the incident took only a few seconds, according to Thelma Ayeng.

The gun toting suspect approached Thelma without saying a word and went straight to grab the bag which contained the gasoline station's cash collections since Friday.

The lady-victim said she did not attempt to resist the suspect fearing she and her husband will be shot.

Nobody among the gas station employees even noticed the incident, according to the couple. It was only after the suspects fled that the couple called for help.

The 4-day collections were supposed to be deposited last Monday but they were not able to do so since it was a holiday.

Police suspects that the robbers knew the routine of the couple who admitted they usually deposit the preceding day's collection every morning when banks open for business.

The Dao Gas Station does not have a security guard and had been a victim of another robbery several years ago.