They steal a 90,000 pesos coffin from a funeral home in Azua

AZUA.- A coffin valued at more than 90 thousand pesos was stolen from a funeral home located on Vicente Noble street, in Azua, in a robbery committed by carelessness, clarified the National Police this Saturday. The institution specified through a statement that agents from the Criminal Investigation Department (Dicrim) went to the premises after the circulation of a video published by the business owner and confirmed that there was no breakage or use of firearms in the theft of the coffin. According to the delinquent data, they took advantage of a flaw in the main door to take the coffin.

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As part of the investigations, work is already underway on the identification of the vehicle used in the robbery and the perpetrators of the act. The institution urged citizens to report these events through official channels to ensure a proper and timely investigation.

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