416 motor vehicles impounded in 2-day CL anti-crime drive

CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga, Philippines  – At least 416 motor vehicles were impounded during a simultaneous two-day anti-criminality campaign conducted by Central Luzon police.

Chief Superintendent Edgardo Ladao, Central Luzon police director, said this was the result of the two-day regionwide anti-criminality campaign they conducted particularly on carnapping and crimes perpetrated by riding in tandem.

Ladao said that the Anti-Carnapping and Motorcycle Riding Suspects’ Strategy which is an innovation of the Police Integrated Patrol System or the PNP Anti-Criminality Action Plan, is focused mainly on carnappers and motorcycle riding criminals.

He said the special teams composed of the Regional Highway Patrol Group, Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, Regional Public Safety Battalion and their provincial counterparts is created to conduct aggressive police operations against carnapping and motorcycle riding suspects.

The May 11 conduct of anti-criminality campaign resulted in the impounding of 289 motor vehicles, the issuance of 436 citation tickets to violators and the arrest of six persons. On May 12, a total of 127 motor vehicles were impounded and 72 citation tickets for different violations of motorists were issued.

Ladao said that continuous intensified police operations will be carried out in the coming days to deter criminality within the region.