Ilang insidente ng nakawan sa kalsada, na-hulicam! | Reporter’s Notebook
Nitong Setyembre 10, pauwi na sana ang magkaibigang vloggers na sina Humprey Dangculos at Johann Morales nang mabiktima sila ng mga kawatan sa Pasig City. Samantala sa parehong araw, isang insidente rin ng nakawan ang nahagip ng CCTV sa San Pedro, Laguna. Ano nga ba ang dahilan at solusyon ng mga otoridad sa tila tumataas na insidente ng nakawan sa kalsada? Panoorin ang buong ulat sa video na ‘to.
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Transcript
00:00 [Police siren]
00:02 The Philippine National Police said that the number of criminals in the country is decreasing.
00:08 But the problem of robbery has increased.
00:13 Some incidents of robbery were captured by the camera.
00:18 I was scared of someone who was trying to take my gun.
00:27 That's why I threw it inside.
00:29 He tried to take my gun.
00:31 I was with him and he ran away.
00:34 I took his gun.
00:36 I took his gun and he said, "Take your phone."
00:40 At 3 am on September 10, 2023,
00:55 the vlogger, Humphrey Danculos and Johan Morales,
00:59 were allowed to go home.
01:01 Humphrey is a singer and songwriter while Johan is a cameraman.
01:05 Why did you go to the police station at that time?
01:09 I was shooting a music video for my song.
01:12 The theme of the music video is "No one is cozy."
01:16 The friends did not expect that while they were waiting at the Vargas Bridge in Pasig City,
01:24 they would be victimized by robbers.
01:26 The crime was caught using Johan's cellphone.
01:35 While Humphrey was standing at a bridge,
01:39 two men were riding motorcycles and stopped in front of them.
01:44 They stopped and asked where the crossing is.
01:51 Before we could answer, one of them declared a hold-up and got off.
01:55 In the 8-second video that Johan recorded,
01:58 the two men held up the crossing.
02:02 The bag was with me.
02:06 I was the first one to hold it.
02:09 One of them threatened me to take the gun so he threw it at me.
02:12 A bag with a camera, cellphone and other equipment was used by the suspects.
02:20 How many people were there?
02:21 60 people.
02:23 When they got home, Humphrey and Johan tried to track the location of the suspects.
02:29 When they watched the video that Johan recorded,
02:32 they found out that they caught the faces of the hold-uppers.
02:38 They decided to upload the video on social media.
02:44 [Music]
02:50 They were wearing helmets and masks.
02:53 They were identified.
02:56 Humphrey and Johan also reported the incident of the hold-up in Pasig City Police.
03:02 We went to the location of the two victims.
03:05 We conducted surveillance because we identified the two.
03:11 Based on the video that the victim recorded,
03:15 we also found out their past cases and where they lived.
03:22 On September 19, they arrested the driver of a motorcycle at a checkpoint,
03:29 who was one of the two hold-uppers.
03:31 It was an operation that was carried out by the police in relation to the upcoming election.
03:38 So he was just one?
03:40 He was just one who was riding a motorcycle.
03:43 The police recovered the items that Humphrey and Johan obtained,
03:48 including the expensive camera lens.
03:51 When they arrested him, his family said that they will pay for the items that they obtained.
03:58 His family was arrested?
04:00 Yes. Aside from a cellphone that they also obtained.
04:07 For now, the suspect is in jail in Pasig City Police.
04:10 He refused to be allowed to be interviewed.
04:13 The robbery case that they filed last week,
04:19 but when they were arrested during the checkpoint operations,
04:23 it was a different case where they obtained a grenade.
04:28 There, we saw that his motorcycle had no license plate.
04:33 The police are still looking for the hold-upper who was in the back-ride.
04:37 He was probably hiding because he found out that his accomplice was probably arrested.
04:42 But we are still conducting the manhunt operation.
04:47 On the same day,
04:54 a hold-up incident took the CCTV camera at San Pedro, Laguna.
05:02 According to Corrine,
05:03 it is not his real name.
05:05 They were sent home by a friend of the victim of the hold-upper.
05:08 We are used to walking around here,
05:12 even though we studied nearby.
05:16 While we were walking on Gumamela Street,
05:21 a rider came to us.
05:24 He was alone.
05:26 He asked where the exit is.
05:31 We told him.
05:32 Corrine didn't know that the man on the motorcycle
05:39 who stopped in front of them was a hold-upper.
05:42 He got out of his motorcycle and walked towards us.
05:47 My accomplice saw that he was being pulled by a gun,
05:52 so he ran.
05:54 Corrine thought that it was just a joke or a prank.
05:59 I didn't panic because I thought that he was my friend.
06:03 I thought that he was just pranking me.
06:05 He told me, "Give me your cellphone."
06:08 Corrine said that she even managed to throw her cellphone near the road.
06:13 When I threw my phone, it was a bit weak.
06:16 It didn't pick up.
06:18 I still didn't believe that it was a hold-upper.
06:21 So I watched him how he picked up my cellphone.
06:24 After Corrine got the suspect's cellphone,
06:28 she quickly ran away.
06:30 He even looked at me as if we were acquaintances.
06:34 Corrine said that they didn't get any evidence
06:38 that can help to prove the identity of the suspect.
06:42 I didn't know his face because he was wearing a helmet.
06:46 We didn't get the plate number because his taillight was too bright.
06:51 Corrine told us about the hold-up incident in the reception of Barangay Fatima.
06:57 There were a lot of businesses.
06:58 There were snatching of cellphones.
07:02 There were a lot of exit areas to other barangays.
07:08 That's why it happened often.
07:10 We were always roving, especially at night.
07:14 The hold-up was also reported to the San Pedro City Police.
07:21 The usual approach of our professionals is to intimidate the victim immediately.
07:29 To this day, the suspect is still not found.
07:34 But the police have initial information on the whereabouts of the suspect.
07:39 In the middle of the night, the crime rate in the country dropped, according to the PNP.
07:46 But the number of robbery cases increased by almost 7%.
07:51 From 2,434 robbery cases in January to June 2022,
07:56 it increased to 2,601 cases in January to June 2023.
08:02 Why can't the crimes committed on the streets be removed?
08:07 In every incident like this, there is a lesson to be learned.
08:11 What is it here?
08:13 At those times, we should not be campaigning in our surroundings.
08:19 We should be proactive.
08:21 If we are going to do something, we should be in a place where it is easy to ask for help.
08:28 Police reminders.
08:30 There are ways to avoid becoming a victim.
08:33 These street crimes were perpetrated during night time and early morning.
08:40 We strongly advise that as much as possible,
08:45 you should not be walking in dark places.
08:49 More than the public's attention,
08:55 the role of the people of the barangay and the police is important
09:00 to stop the crimes that are happening on the streets.
09:04 I am Dune Van Ration and this is Reporters Notebook.
09:08 Reporters Notebook.
09:09 [Music]
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