By Ruben A. Veloria

IBA, Zambales, Philippines – Police operatives arrested on Thursday, November 20, a security guard involved in holding-up Good Money Bank he was supposed to protect and carted away ₱670,070.00.

Provincial Police Director Colonel Benjamin Ariola identified the suspect as Gerson Rebultan, security guard of CVO Security Agency detailed at Good Money (GM) Bank, located at Purok 1, Barangay Palanginan, this municipality.

According to the initial investigation conducted by officer-on-case MSgt. Enrico Manaligod Jr., at around 12:05 in the afternoon, SG Rebultan approached Richard Lopez, 51, Area Manager of GM Bank, and pointed his Cal. 38 service revolver to Lopez and declared a hold-up.

The report failed to mention if there were other persons inside the bank when the crime was committed.

However, it was mentioned that Rebultan was able to take away ₱670,070.00 and a cellphone, and fled the area using a tricycle of one Henry Uy.

Follow-up operations resulted in the recovery of the “get-away” tricycle abandoned at a gasoline station in Bgy. Dirita, Iba, Zambales.

Maj. Delos Reyes ordered an expanded follow-up operation to track down Rebultan and bring him to the fold of justice.

Early dawn on Thursday, a restaurant crew complained about the civilian customer who entered their establishment with a gun.

Col. Ariola dispatched a team to investigate, and spotted Rebustan and was arrested.

Police confiscated in the possession of Rebultan, the service firearm, suspected shabu, and a grenade, and various denominations of cash. There was no report about the ₱670,070.00.

The suspect is now in the custody of the police while awaiting various charges, including robbery, carnapping, illegal possession of illegal drugs, and more.