This time, it is the police chief of Cauayan, who was relieved from his position, after the ransacking of the town treasurer’s office last month.

Senior Inspector Ramil Robles was designated as officer-in-charge of the Cauayan Police Station, after the relief of Supt. German Garbosa.

Senior Supt. Milko Lirazan, provincial police director of Negros Occidental, confirmed yesterday that the relief of Garbosa is, in connection with the theft at the Cauayan municipal treasurer’s office, and not the recent atrocities in the town, perpetrated by New People’s Army rebels.

Three to four suspects were tagged by the police as responsible for the theft of several computers and their accessories from the municipal hall of Cauayan town.

Lirazan had also relieved earlier the deputy police chief of Hinobaan, SPO3 Joemarie Haro, also for the ransacking of the town treasurer’s office last week. Hinobaan police chief, Senior Inspector Robert Indiape, was, however, spared as he was attending the Performance Governance System briefing in Bacolod City, when it was happened.

The suspects took more than P400,000 in cash from the Hinobaan treasurer’s office.

Supt. Leo Batiles and Supt Arnel Arpon, police chiefs of Escalante and Bago, respectively, where similar incidents also took place, were also spared from relief, as their city halls are were secured by watchmen under the payroll of concerned local governments, he said.

The suspects took about P2 million in cash and checks from the Escalante Cashier’s Office, while digital equipment and its accessories were taken from the Bago City Mayor’s Office, police records show.

The police stations of Hinobaan and Cauayan are located adjacent to the municipal buildings.

The local governments of Hinobaan and Bago City are now purchasing several sets of Closed Circuit Television Cameras (CCTV) for their town and city halls.*GPB

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