AWOL cop nabbed for robbing fast food restaurant


TACLOBAN CITY – A policeman who had gone Absent Without Official Leave was nabbed for allegedly robbing a fast food restaurant in Carigara, Leyte, on Wednesday, April 10.

The suspect was identified as Salvador Humbria, 37, formerly assigned to the Leyte Police Provincial Office and a resident of Barangay Ponong, Carigara.

Police said that the suspect suddenly approached the cashier at gunpoint and declared a holdup.

The suspect grabbed cash from the cash register amounting to P2,580 and fled to an unknown direction.

Lawmen caught the suspect in a hot-pursuit operation on Thursday, April 11, in Barangay Ponong.

Suspect face appropriate charges.