MARILAO, Bulacan—At least P1.4 million worth of hijacked assorted appliances bound to be distributed at cheaper costs in Pampanga were recovered by joint police operatives at a house in Barangay Sta. Rosa II this town Thursday.
The goods, mostly Samsung products composing of 27 units of flat screen TV, 2 air condition, one washing machine, and 22 refrigirators were seized at the house of a certain Nomeriano Cristobal.Senior Supt. Fernando Villanueva, Bulacan Police Director said Cristobal’s neighbor Reynaldo Florida who was contacted by hijack suspects Edmund Arellano and Arjay Capispisan, both of Tondo, Manila to temporarily allow keep the sake of the appliances at his house will also be charged of violation to PD 532 or anti highway robbery law.
Guiguinto police earlier filed similar charges against Arellano and Capispisan after they were identified by truck driver of the hijacked goods identified as Julie Sonias of Valenzuela City and his two helpers as the ones who flagged them down 12:30 am. Monday near DOST building in Bicutan, Taguig.
Sonias and his helpers picked up the said appliances at CJ GLS Phils. Inc. at Eliseo Road, Caluan, Pasig City late night on Sunday to deliver them to XDE Warehouse at Sta. Maria Industrial Estate in Taguig when the suspects on board a motorcycle blocked them and staged the hijack.
Supt. Miguel Atienza, Guiguinto police chief said Arellano was in full GOA Phil. National Police uniform complete with holster and Capispisan was wearing a camouflage uniform who introduced themselves to the victims as policemen.
The suspects acting as policemen flagged them down and accused then truck driver of almost hitting them. Armed with caliber .45 and 38 revolver, one of the suspects grabbed the steering wheel from the driver and sped off towards north area of Metro Manila.
All the three victims were blind folded, their whole face covered with masking tapes and their hands and feet were hog tied.
Atienza said the victims heard the suspects talking that the goods will be brought in a certain warehouse in San Simon, Pampanga. However, because of an overheat in the engine of the truck, the suspects decided to change course.
The victims said they just heard the suspects talking that they were in this town dropping off the appliances.
They then were proceeding to Pampanga but the suspects decided to just dump the victims near the Sta. Rita exit of the North Luzon Expressway in Guiguinto about 3 am already Monday.
Continuous intelligence work of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) office in Bulacan led by its head, Chief Inspector Marlon Santos, the Bulacan PNP and the Highway Patrol Group in Bulacan resulted to the identification of the house of Cristobal where the appliances were being kept.
CIDG Agent Marlon Sanchez said Cristobal was forced to accept keep safe favor sought by Florida because they are brothers in their religious sect and was told to be paid of P10,000 for a short number of hours of keeping the appliances.
Cristobal allegedly do not know that the goods were hijacked.