An amount of $17,000 was stolen from a safe installed inside a private pharmacy located on Avenida 1 de Mayo and Carlos V., in the south of Cuenca.
According to the National Police, five anti-socials entered through the roof and after violating the alarm they accessed the loot.
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The event was discovered on the morning of this January 2 when the dependents entered their working day through an internal hole that, according to William Egas, chief in charge of the Azuay Subzone, “was easily accessible” and although they still do not know how they entered without be detected, they do not rule out that the information has been provided by pharmacy personnel.
That taking into account that the antisocials went to a specific point of the premises. It is believed that those involved in the case would be part of a gang since it is not the first time that a robbery with similar characteristics has occurred.
Regarding internal security, the uniformed officer explained that the alarm went off, which led to the reaction of a motorized vehicle from the contracted security company, who arrived at 01:03 and only checked the exterior, but not the interior. of the property.
When the gendarmes arrived and spoke with the administrator, they were told that the amount was obtained from the sales of the medicines.
No tools were found on the site that lead to the hypothesis of how the lock of the safe was forced, however, Egas considers that it could have been with a chisel or hammer because there are no other elements that are usually used in these cases, such as solder. autogenous
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Last July, a similar robbery occurred at a cell phone store located on Calle Gran Colombia and Hermano Miguel, in the historic center of the city.
There the criminals made a hole in an adjoining wall and after cutting the security cables they took the merchandise. Also last year there was another similar robbery, but on Benigno Malo and Lamar streets. (YO)
Source: Eluniverso
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