6 men in helmets rob QC restaurant


By Jeannette Andrade
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 03:05:00 12/25/2007


MANILA, Philippines – A group of men wearing motorcycle helmets walked into a packed Chinese restaurant in Quezon City at mid-afternoon yesterday and robbed the establishment and its customers.
The suspects first disarmed security guard Rexton Belinario of his .38 caliber service revolver before barging into the Chinatown’s Best Food Restaurant at the corner of Banawe Avenue and Don Manuel Agregado Street in Barangay Lourdes, Sta. Mesa Heights.
Belinario told investigators of the Quezon City Police District La Loma Station 1 that at 1:30 p.m. yesterday, four men wearing helmets on board two motorcycles stopped in front of the restaurant.
The four then approached him, still wearing their helmets. Belinario told the police that although he found this odd, he did not give it any meaning until the four trained their guns on him and took his service firearm.
The suspects then barged inside the establishment while two other men, who appeared out of nowhere, acted as lookouts.
Two of the four suspects took the money from the cash register while the others robbed some 15 customers of their valuables.
One of the customers, a businessman who declined to give his name, said he lost approximately P300,000 worth of cash and jewelry to the thieves.
The robbers did not bother to go up to the second floor of the restaurant and immediately fled on board their motorcycles toward Del Monte Avenue.
QCPD cops immediately laid out dragnet operations for the suspects while investigators said they were still determining how much loot was taken by the robbers.
Source: www.inquirer.net
Dec.25,2007

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