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• Regional Highway
  Patrol Unit 4A under
  the supervision of Regional Chief RHPU4A,
  Col Rommel Estolano,
  successfully carried out
  simultaneous anti-carnapping operations that
  resulted in the recovery
  of several vehicles in Laguna and Rizal involved
  in the “Rent- Tangay,
  Re n t -S a n gl a – B e n t a /
  Bawi Scheme”.
  On December 3,
  2024, at around 03:00
  PM, Mobile 417A on
  board PCMS Melvin Carran, PSSg Francis Fernando, Pat Renz Andaya,
  Mobile Section, PCpl Ian
  Nuestro, of Investigation
  Section, and Pat Mark
  Edward Lituaña, of Operation Section vonducted a follow-up operation
  that resulted in the recovery of two units Toyota Vios with Plate No.
  NGY1235 and Montero
  Sport NDE4966 in relation to the alleged Rent
  Tangay-Sangla Scheme
  transpired in Cabuyao
  City, Laguna.
  Meanwhile, in a
  separate anti-carnapping police operation,
  on December 27, 2023,
  at about 05:03 PM on
  the same date, PMSg
  Jim Russel Almonte and
  PCpl Ian Nuestro led by
  Lt Arvin Ramos of Investigation and Intelligence
  Section conducted a
  follow-up operations
  that resulted in the recovery of a Toyota Vios
  with Plate No. DAQ9683
  owned by Ryan Joseph
  R. Landicho
  Further, on November 28, 2023, at around
  01:00 PM, a similar incident transpired at the
  same place when a Toyota Vios with Plate No.
  DBF4282 owned by Joey
  Salomon was rented by
  Arlene Ballesteros for
  five days and scheduled
  to be returned on December 3, 2023. However, the latter failed to
  return the vehicle on
  the agreed-upon rental date, and her given
  phone number was not
  accessible.
  Likewise, On January 2, 2024, at 11:00
  AM, complainant Christian Mateo, single, student, residing at No. 725
  J. Sumulong St., Brgy San
  Juan, Morong Rizal with
  Special Power of Attorney from his mother
  (registered owner Anelia Lladones-Mateo),
  personally appeared before this office relative
  to his complaint against
  a certain Josh Villa,
  “aka” Danney Rey M
  Ruiz, male, of legal age
  and a resident of Brgy
  Talipapa QC.
  All the aforementioned motor vehicles
  are currently under the
  temporary custody of
  RHPU4A with the ex
• press consent of the
• drivers/possessors.
• They were further advised to coordinate with
• the unit to initiate appropriate legal action
• against the suspects.
• Likewise, the registered
• owners of the vehicles
• have also been notified
• to prepare the necessary documents for
• the prompt release of
• their impounded vehicles from the unit’s impounding area.
• Notably, all vehicles
• were easily recovered
• by the police authority with the help of GPS
• tracking device. HPG
• CALABARZON advised
• business sectors involved in car rental business to install tracking
• device to monitor their
• vehicle on real time.
• The successful recovery of these vehicles
• is a significant accomplishment for RHPU4A
• which shows a testament of the unit’s commitment in conducting
• intensified Anti-Carnapping Operations through
• the leadership of BGen
• Alan Nazarro, Director
• of the Highway Patrol
• Group, in line with the
• thrust of the CPNP’s
• strategy of implementing aggressive and honest law enforcement
• measures to combat carnapping, highway robbery, and other forms
• of criminality along the
• highways.
• (ROSELLE AQUINO)