CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY —Millions of pesos worth of gold jewelry were stolen in a brazen daylight robbery of a jewelry store located in a busy market district area here Wednesday morning.
Col. Ivan Viñas, spokesperson of the Cagayan de Oro City Police Office, said closed-circuit TV showed the six armed robbers running out of the jewelry store and rode on waiting motorcycles, fleeing towards the Divisoria area in the city. Viñas said the owner of Gold Mega Jewelry Store told police the robbers took P9 million in gold jewelry.
The daylight robbery came after the police went on high alert as city officials launched “Higalaay Festival,” the month-long festival held in Cagayan de Oro in celebration of the feast day of St. Augustine, patron saint of the city, on August 28.