'They came asking: where is the gold chain?', says jewelry seller, victim of false purchase in AP

Upon arriving at the agreed location, he was approached by two men armed with a 38 caliber revolver and a pistol, who stole his jewelry and cell phone. "They already came asking: 'where's the gold chain? Where's the gold chain? It's lost, it's lost'. Then I said: 'okay, I lost it'. I raised my hand and handed it over", reported the trader — who preferred not to identify himself for safety's sake, during an interview with Rede Amazônica. The investigation by the 9th Macapá Police Station (9th DP) showed that the group acted together. A woman used text messages to negotiate the purchase of the piece and lure him to the meeting point, while the other members carried out the robbery on the spot. The court ordered preventive detention and issued search warrants against three people being investigated by the Civil Police of the State of Amapá (PC-AP). One of the suspects was located and taken to the Amapá Penitentiary Administration Institute (Iapen). Searches continue to arrest the other two involved in the crime. READ ALSO: Prosecutor João Paulo Furlan is fired from the Public Ministry of Amapá Lula government creates project to create a federal university in Oiapoque 'I was attracted by a girl', reports the victim The trader said that the negotiation began when he published the announcement of the golden chain on a social network, in the period before Carnival. "I was attracted by a girl who showed interest in the cord. She said she was going to buy it for herself and asked if I could take it to her house. I asked if it was in a normal house or near bridges or alleys, which are dangerous places. She replied that she lived in a house with a specific street and number, so I went to the place", he explained. Upon arriving at the address provided, the seller noticed that the road ended near a bridge area and became suspicious of the environment. "I was in front of the residence she indicated. I sent a message saying that I was there and she replied that she was finishing her shower and was already going downstairs. When I went to turn the motorcycle around to leave, I was surprised by two young men. Each one had a firearm: one with a .38, the other with a black pistol", he said. After the robbery, the victim immediately went to a bank branch and then returned home to block the accounts and financial applications on the stolen cell phone. Soon after, the trader went to the Integrated Public Security Operations Center (Ciosp) to register the incident report. Cell phone recovered and alert for online sales With the support of the device's tracker, the Amapá Military Police (PM-AP) managed to locate the phone around 9 pm on the same day, in a forested area where the assailants fled. The gold chain was not located. "I don't even take the issue of the jewelry into consideration, because my life was there. Thank God the police were very efficient and managed to recover the cell phone. The important thing was that nothing happened to me," said the victim. After the trauma, the trader warned the population about caution when negotiating objects via social media. "The warning I leave to the population is to be more cautious when posting something to sell. You need to be careful on social media and always check if the buyer's profile is real, if they have a history or friends in common. Often, scammers create a recent fake profile just to attract the victim", he concluded. See the latest news schedule from g1 Amapá VIDEOS with news from Amapá: