FRUSTRAN ROBO DE 50 MIL SOLES EN TIENDA DE CELULARES DE TARAPOTO

A shopkeeper in Tarapoto was saved from losing all her merchandise thanks to the quick thinking of the owner, who surprised a thief inside her store. The perpetrator had already packed up dozens of cell phones, valued at nearly 50,000 soles, but ended up fleeing and abandoning his loot after the owner's cries for help. The victim, Marilú Romero Peña, explained that the thief pried open the store's door in the early morning hours and emptied the display cases into a sack. Given the increase in crime by foreign gangs in the jungle region, the businesswoman demanded greater police patrols in the area and called for severe penalties for those involved, who have allegedly already been apprehended by authorities following other recent robberies.