A second telecommunications firm has filed a complaint for violation of the Anti Fencing Law against the owners and employees of a junkshop in Bacolod City, where stolen cell site batteries were recovered.
The complaint was filed by Nicomedes Labta Juezan Jr., PLDT/Smart Visayas Asset Protection Division head, before the Office of the Bacolod City Prosecutor on Friday, July 7, Col. Noel Aliño, Bacolod police director, said Saturday.
Named respondents were Dennis Lopez Coo Jr. and Daniel Lopez Coo, co-owners of DLC Junkshop at Mabini Street, Barangay 25, Bacolod City, and Rammely Abaring – manager and Rodimar Juaneza, Aliño said.
Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez ordered the junkshop closed on June 6.
Under PD 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.
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.
There were 136 Globe and Smart telecommunication batteries valued at P13,600,000 that were seized from the junkshop on June 29, the police reported earlier.*