TMG seizes carnapped luxury vehicles in Mindanao

Miami
April 11, 2008
Story 3: TMG seizes carnapped luxury vehicles in Mindanao

Task Force Limbas of Traffic Management Group of the PNP has seized 21 luxury cars in Mindanao during their operation from March 24 to April 5, 2008.

According to TMG Director Chief Supt. Pefecto Palad, the cars either carnapped or sporting spurious documents. The vehicles were recovered from Davao City and Cagayan de Oro. The kinds of vehicles that were recovered were Mitsubishi pajero, Toyota Fortuner, Toyota Prado, Toyota Revo, Toyota Innova, Honda CRV, Isuzu Alterra and Mitsubishi L-300.

“They have modus operandi that they will carnapped the cars here in Manila, then it will be send to Mindanao to for documents falsification,” Palad said. After the documents being changed, it will be returned in Manila to sell the vehicles.

Documents being falsified are official receipt from Land Transportation Office, car registration, sales invoice and Motor vehicle Clearance certificate Form (MVCC).

Palad also added, “Probably the suspects has some connection inside LTO office in Iligan, davao, Cotabato or Cagayan de oro so that they can tampered those documents. Sometimes even the engine and chasis number of the vehicle itself is being tampered.”

Their operation was based from intelligence report and also from the complaint of the owners of those vehicles that were being carnapped. The owners who reported the carnapping incident to the police, the police took note of that and put it on record the description, plate number, official receipt number, car registration number, engine number and chasis number.

The TMG are still looking for some reported carnapped vehicles and in the process of investigation. They are also investigating the mentioned LTO agencies.