Big-time robbers recently struck, stealing P13 million in cash and jewelry in Tagum City, Davao del Norte.

According to police investigators, the brazen break-in at a shopping center on the evening of 5 September was carried out by robbers who entered through a hole in the wall they had bored from a vacant parking lot next to the building.

The robbers stole P4 million from an automated teller machine and P9 million in gems from a jewelry store while mall security guards were outside and were unaware of the thefts, according to GMA Integrated News.

Police suspected the robbers were also behind the burglary of a grocery store in Davao City and another mall in Agusan del Sur.

Robbers used to hit banks for the bigger cash loot, but perhaps such targets are too risky for them these days.

In Calasiao, Pangasinan, two thieves also opted to be safe and struck a store.

An outdoor surveillance camera caught one man breaking the lower part of the door of the store in Barangay San Miguel. The footage then showed a companion entering through the opening.

The robbery netted them not only P8,000 in cash earnings of the store but, apparently not content with the amount,  they also took the piggy bank of the store owner's child, according to GIN.