QCPD set to unmask carjackers, government contacts

Quezon City Police District (QCPD) intelligence and anti-car theft operatives are building up criminal cases against major players of a syndicate as well as their alleged contacts in the Land Transportation Office (LTO) and other government agencies.

A police intelligence official, who requested anonymity, said they have identified the major players in the carjacking syndicates.

"We are intensifying our campaign. We have identified them, including their contacts in various government agencies," the official said.

He said that apart from the continued manhunt on known car thieves, they have also begun gathering evidence to pin down the contacts of the suspects at the LTO, which is responsible in the documentation of stolen cars.

Chief Superintendent Nicasio Radovan Jr., director of the QCPD, earlier reported that police operations include random visits to used car parts dealers, particularly in the Banawe area.

Police operatives seized a truckload of stolen car parts abandoned along a sidestreet last week during raids at known dumping grounds of stolen parts.

Radovan earlier reported to Mayor Feliciano Belmonte that the QCPD has set up checkpoints in key areas in the city, particularly in Eastwood, on Hemady street, in the Commonwealth areas and major shopping centers of the city.

The QCPD’s anti-crime operations have resulted in the killing of at least four members of the Molino gang and the arrest of 12 suspects caught trying to steal parked vehicles.

The QCPD also arrested and charged a couple for buying and selling stolen car parts from a shop in Apalit, Pampanga.