Two foreigners were arrested for allegedly robbing P6 million cash from their fellow Chinese in Alabang, Muntinlupa City, police reported on Saturday.
But an interesting twist in the story happened when a security guard of a commercial establishment who helped the victims arrest the two robbery suspects took a portion of the loot.
Maj. Gen. Debold Sinas, director of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO), said the robbery started when suspects Wang Hui Yan and Xie Jian Nan were able to convince the victim to convert his P6 million into Chinese currency.
The victim Zhue Haijun was further convinced to agree after the two suspects promised to have the money immediately deposited to his account. The meeting was set on Thursday afternoon.
But after Zhue and his wife showed the cash while inside their car, the suspects sprayed chemicals on their eyes and ran away with their cash.
The couple chased the suspects but when they were about to corner them, one of them pulled out a gun and threatened to shoot them.
And then 34-year security guard Luwie Manuevo arrived and rescued them by apprehending the suspects.
Manuevo then brought the two suspects to their office where they were picked up by responding policemen.
But the story did not end there.
While the cops were counting the money recovered from the suspects, they noticed that the cash was short of P100,000.
The policemen immediately interrogated that the two suspects, believing that they hid the money somewhere or they may have other cohorts who were able to run away.
Substation-5 officers interrogated the security guard, and it was discovered that he, together with his fellow guard on duty, managed to keep the missing amount of money without the knowledge of the owner.
But the suspects told the police that they did not touch the money as they were running away and later apprehended by the security guard.
Sinas said a case of robbery is now being readied against the two Chinese. And as for the security guard, he will be charged with theft. (Aaron Recuenco)