Bacolod junk shop faces raps for possession of stolen cell site batteries | Inquirer News

Bacolod junk shop faces raps for possession of stolen cell site batteries

/ 06:15 PM July 10, 2023

Deputy Governor Bernadette Romulo Puyat of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez launched Bacolod’s Paleng-QR Ph Plus at the Libertad Public Market on Tuesday, March 14.

FILE PHOTO: Bacolod City Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez | Photo courtesy of Albee Benitez’s Facebook page

BACOLOD CITY — A second telecommunications company has filed a complaint against the owners and employees of a junk shop here where stolen cell site batteries were recovered.

Nicomedes Labta Juezan Jr., head of the PLDT/Smart Visayas Asset Protection Division, filed charges for violation of the Anti Fencing Law against the respondents before the Bacolod City Prosecutor’s Office on Friday, July 7.

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Named respondents were Dennis Lopez Coo Jr. and Daniel Lopez Coo, co-owners of DLC Junkshop at Mabini Street, Barangay 25, Bacolod City; as well as Rammely Abaring and Rodimar Juaneza.

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Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez ordered the closure of the junk shop on June 6.

Under Presidential Decree 1612, it is unlawful to buy, receive, possess, or sell items that a person knows, or should know, were derived from the proceeds of robbery or theft, the police director said.

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Francis Cayot, a representative of Globe, filed a similar complaint against the four respondents before the Office of the Bacolod City Prosecutor on July 4.

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There were 136 Globe and Smart telecommunication batteries valued at P13,600,000 that were seized from the junkshop on June 29, said Col. Noel Aliño, Bacolod police director.

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