A bunch of three thieves allegedly tunneled into the Gaisano Mall positioned in Ozamiz Metropolis, Philippines, and made off with roughly 41 million pesos (US$737,576) price of knickknack and money.
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A gloved hand choosing up jewellery. Illustration photograph by Freepik |
The theft came about on the eve of Dec. 31, 2023, but it surely was not till 11 a.m. the following day {that a} mall worker seen it, as reported by The Straits Occasions.
Police investigations revealed that the criminals started their tunnel from a carnival, positioned in a close-by non-public space subsequent to the mall. The tunnel led them to a drainage system and ultimately to a meals courtroom contained in the mall.
Upon coming into the mall, the thieves broke into a jewellery retailer, shattering the vaults and show instances. They looted all of the gold jewellery within the show instances and emptied the shop’s security vault of money, as detailed by the native information outlet PhilStar.
Along with the jewellery heist, the gang additionally tampered with an ATM contained in the mall, extracting the cash from it earlier than escaping the scene.
The identities of the perpetrators are nonetheless unknown, however the native police have made important progress by arresting a carnival worker who’s believed to have assisted the thieves.