TASK Force Limbas of the PNP-Traffic
Management Group (TMG) recovered 23 more stolen, high-end luxury
vehicles in Ecoland, Davao City, in Cagayan de Oro and other
parts of Mindanao from March 2 through April 5, 2008.
TF Limbas chief Senior Supt. Antonio Gardiola,
TMG intelligence division chief Supt. Ruel Obusan and the
regional chiefs of RTMO 10, RTMO 11 and RTMO 12, upon orders of
TMG director Chief Supt. Perfecto Palad, continued their
anti-carjacking operations in Mindanao after unearthing the vast
Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao carnap network that resulted in the
initial recovery of 19 stolen luxury vehicles from Feb. 24 to
March 13, 2008.
The second batch of recovered vehicles
consisted of seven Mitsubishi Pajeros, four Toyota Fortuners,
three Honda CRVs, and two each of Toyota Prados, Revos and
Innovas, one Isuzu Alterra, one Toyota Revo and one Mitsubishi
L-300. Fifteen of these vehicles were recorded as stolen while
eight with spurious documents and tampered engine and chassis
numbers were being passed off as imported cars.
The entire TMG operation in Mindanao area was
triggered by the apprehension of PBA player Lordy Tugade by TF
Limbas operatives in Mandaluyong last November while driving a
Toyota Fortuner with suspicious documents. This was followed by
an attempt to ship to Cebu via Sulpicio Lines two 2008 Honda
CRVs and a Mitsubishi Strada with spurious LTO documents.
"We have already recovered more than 40 stolen/wanted motor
vehicles since we conducted this operation in the middle of
March and we intend to sustain this until we finally dismantle
the operation of the syndicates that bring carnapped motor
vehicles from Luzon to Mindanao" Palad said.
