A couple who allegedly broke into a grocery store in the public market in Poblacion, Siaton town, Oriental Negros, have recently been charged with robbery.

Police identified the couple as Elvito Liman, 40, a trisikad driver and his wife Marlie Calihan, 35, residents of Poblacion 3, Siaton.

Allan Verador, a guard at the public market, said he was patrolling in the market before midnight when he saw the couple coming out from the grocery store. Verador said he immediately confronted them, but Liman turned away. He, however, became more suspicious when the woman signaled her husband to run.

The guard said he chased and caught Liman and brought the couple to the police station.

An inventory of the items in the store, showed that the couple had stolen P1,300 worth of grocery items from it.

Investigations further showed that the couple had entered the store by destroying its padlock.*RG

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