More than P150,000 worth of properties and cash were lost to thieves in Bacolod City during the weekend, the police said yesterday.

Bjorn Aguilar of Jerusalem Street , Bethany Court, Brgy. Estefania, in Bacolod, told the police that a certain Jerry Duran took her P60,000 laptop and Nokia 9500 worth P40,000 after identifying himself as a messenger of her employer, identified only as Titay Y, at about 4 p.m. Saturday, police records show.

Aguilar told Police Station 4 investigator PO1 Orlando Caporal that Duran, who did not give any address, fled after taking the items.

Meanwhile, Joseph Gerald Marañon, 46, reported to Police Station 4 that his two helpers, who are from Binalbagan town, Negros Occidental, stole his gold butterfly pendant worth P25,000, an I-pod worth P10,000, and P1,000 in cash, from his rented townhouse at Villa Soledad, Brgy. Estefania, in Bacolod , at about 8 p.m. Friday.

The police said they are still investigating the incident.*PP

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