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56 stolen vehicles returned to owners
BY GEORGE TRILLO

CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga – Out of the 84 recovered stolen vehicles, 56 of these have been already returned to their rightful owners, police said.

Sr. Supt. Jesus Manubay, PNP-Traffic Management Office-3 director, bared this saying the 84 carnapped vehicles they recovered was the result of a stepped-up campaign against carnapping in Central Luzon. Manubay said the campaign against stolen vehicles is being enforced with the standing police order “no plates, no travel.”

He said the recovered stolen vehicles are impounded in different provincial traffic management units in Central Luzon and only 21 of these and eight motorcycles are presently under the custody of TMO3.

Pan told reporters his office is closely watch on the importation of motor vehicles at the Clark Freeport Zone in Pampanga and Subic Freeport Zone in Zambales.

Police records showed the suspected smugglers were using the two Freeport zones in their illegal activities. As a result, the government had been losing millions of peso in customs duties and taxes which should be collected from the importation of luxury vehicles.

TMO3 records showed that dealers of knockdown spare parts are located in Barangay Capalangan, Apalit, Pampanga.


Designation of NLEx emergency lane urged
Camp Olivas, Pampanga – Central Luzon police director Chief Supt. Errol T. Pan asked yesterday Oct. 1 the operator of the North Luzon Expressway (NLEx) to provide a lane for emergency on the tollway. In a letter sent to Anthony M. Mabasa, president, and Oscar M. Lopez, chairman of the board of directors of the North Luzon Tollway Corp., Pan cited the importance of a lane designate for ambulances, police vehicles, firetrucks, prisoner’s transport vans and military vehicles so that movement in emergency cases is not delayed.

Pan said observations and experiences of some government agencies, particularly the Department of Health (DoH); Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), Bureau of Jail Management & Penology (BJMP), the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP), indicated that movement is impeded during emergencies. (Mar Supnad)