THE Department of Finance announced Sunday a P1 million reward for anyone who can provide information leading to the arrest of persons behind the murder of Bureau of Customs (BOC) Deputy Commissioner Arturo Lachica.
In a statement, the DOF said a private individual offered the cash reward.
"Those who have any information relevant to Lachica’s case can contact either head executive assistant Marc Gregory Crisostomo or technical assistant Alddon Christner Ang. Crisostomo and Ang can be contacted at 523-9215 and 523-9219," it said.
The department assured to keep the identity of would-be informant to be strictly confidential.
Lachica was killed by unidentified assailant on November 17 while on his way home to Caloocan City.
He was on board his car with two Customs contractual employees—his driver Romulo Dumaua and bodyguard Ramon Hernandez—when the suspect wearing a face mask suddenly appeared from behind along España Avenue near the corner of Kundiman St. in Sampaloc, Manila and shot him several times with a handgun.
The victim was rushed to the nearby United Doctors Medical Center, where he was subsequently declared dead-on-arrival.
Lachica was a certified public accountant who was appointed deputy commissioner for the BOC Internal Administration Group (IAG) in 2014.
He was designated as deputy commissioner for the Revenue Collection and Monitoring Group in July 2015 and, since his posting there, had been active in filing cases against alleged smugglers and those involved in illegal and misdeclared imports.
BOC Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon appointed Lachica back as IAG deputy commissioner last July. (SDR/Sunnex)