THE Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) is coordinating with the management of the Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX) to obtain a copy of the closed circuit television (CCTV) footage from the area in order to identify the people who gathered the cash that was strewn along the viaduct of South Road Properties (SRP) last Tuesday morning, July 4, 2023.
Some kind-hearted people have already returned the money to the Mambaling Police Station.
Tony (not his real name) said he was transporting around P4 million in cash from a mall in SRP to their office in Mandaue City on a motorcycle when his backpack's zipper broke, causing it to open, letting the money bills fly out into the air.
Only around P700,000 was left in his bag.
People hurriedly exited their cars, including delivery drivers, to collect the cash that was scattered across the road.
As of Tuesday afternoon, Tony recovered at least P1.3 million in cash.
However, CCPO Chief Colonel Ireneo Dalogdog claimed that there are still a lot of persons who did not comply with their request to return the money.
The CCPO chief said that those who continue to ignore their calls will face charges.
They therefore worked with CCLEX to obtain a copy of the CCTV in order to identify the drivers who stole the money.
According to Dalogdog, they will get the license plates of the cars whose drivers stopped to help pick up the cash as seen on the CCTV film and have these checked with the Land Transportation Office to see who the registered owners of those cars are.
He added they will also verify Tony’s claim that the incident was not intentional.
They will also check Tony's assertion that the money in his backpack was worth P4 million.
The cops are looking into the collector's past and trying to figure out the amount of money Tony actually took from a Gcash Kiosk machine inside the SRP mall.(AYB, TPT)