CEBU CITY – A policeman was arrested for allegedly robbing a multi-purpose cooperative in Toledo City, Cebu on Friday afternoon, January 12.
Police identified the suspect as Police Patrolman Jaymar Briones Exequiel, an operative of the Toledo City Police Station.
POLICE Patrolman Jaymar Briones Exequiel of the Toledo City Police Station was arrested for allegedly robbing a cooperative in Toledo City, Cebu. (Contributed photo)
Exequiel tried to commit suicide inside the detention cell of the Toledo City Police Station after he was nabbed. He used a lace that he took from his short pants to try and kill himself.
The police station’s chief custodial and desk officers were able to foil the suicide attempt.
Police said on-duty police officers rushed inside the detention cell after seeing the suspect with a lace looped around his neck and the other end tied to a faucet.
They said a last will and testament was recovered in the boarding house of Exequiel.
Lawmen arrested Exequiel after he was identified as the person who robbed the Lamac Multipurpose Cooperative of P200,000.
Police were able to track down Exequiel through a closed-circuit television camera footage that captured the incident.
Police Chief Master Sgt. Dante Hilongos of the Toledo City Police Station Community Relations Office said they were surprised to learn that Exequiel was behind the robbery as he was a silent person.
Initial investigation said that Exequiel was hooked on online gambling.
Exequiel was deployed as a member of the augmentation force tasked to secure the Sinulog activities here.
Police Lt. Col. Gerard Ace Pelare, spokesperson of Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) chief Police Brig. Gen. Anthony Aberin, said appropriate actions will be taken against Exequiel.
Pelare said the PRO-7 was saddened that one of its men was involved in the robbery.
The PRO-7 assured the public that Exequiel’s actions will not be tolerated.
“He will face the consequence of his action and this should serve as a warning to everyone that the PRO-7 will enforce the law especially that the erring individual is a member of the police force,” said Pelare.
The PRO-7 commended the Toledo City police for quickly solving the crime, Pelare said.