Pagadian City - Zamboanga Del Sur News and Information

AN ESTIMATED P34-thousand in cold cash and two cellular phones were carted away by three robbers who barged into the LBC-Rizal Branch in Rizal Avenue, Pagadian City at noontime of Feb. 20. City police chief Michael Palermo said some witnesses identified one of the three suspects

in a mug shot gallery as Muammar Bantilan Mama, also known as Tong Mama and Tong Angeles.
Mama, according to Palermo, is a known member of a crime syndicate based in Dinas town with pending criminal cases and a warrant for his arrest.

Palermo also said that Mama, together with his two companions, entered the LBC establishment then pointed their guns to two tellers, identified as Ethel Blanche Acas and Rey Marcial Pallar and declared a hold up.
The suspects then took the cash from the tellers’ drawers including two cellular phones.

Thereafter, commotion happened when one of the customers was able to run outside and call for help prompting the robbers to scamper and board a waiting get away motorcycle. One of the suspects even accordingly shot Pallar who was hit on his left hand.

Palermo told this paper they are preparing charges of robbery and frustrated murder against Mama and his companions. Last December, a driver was killed and his lady co-worker wounded when two muggers tried to rob and shoot them in the process.

The foiled robbery occurred at the PAFCPIC office, located along Lawiswis Drive in Sagun St., this city, just about 500 meters from the PNP Provincial Headquarters.