Police arrest ax-wielding men who robbed P134 million from Skyway motorists

[Lee]

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Police arrested two suspects from a group of ax-wielding men preying on motorists in the Skyway who have stolen over P134 million from their victims. 

According to a report by John Consulta on "24 Oras" on Tuesday, two suspects have been arrested in separate police operations. 

Last August 22, dashcam footage showed the suspects robbing a car along the Skyway ramp at 5:30 p.m. in broad daylight. Armed with axes and wearing bonnets and hoodies, the men used their vehicle to block another car and robbed its occupants of P10 million. 

On March 12, another video showed a car suddenly stop in front of the victim’s car while another vehicle blocked it from behind. Four armed men emerged and stole a bag containing P7 million from the Korean victim.

Police traced one of the suspects behind the attack in Malate, Manila. During the operation on Tuesday, suspect Anjo Sardoma tried to escape by jumping from the third floor of a building. 

Police seized a revolver and a hand grenade from Sardoma,.who was identified as the driver of a sports utility vehicle (SUV) outside a casino hotel where one of the victims came from. The SUV was one of the vehicles involved in a robbery on the Skyway.

Armed with a search warrant, a team from Police Regional Office-4-A arrested another suspect, Joland Cabotaje, in Cavite. 

A gun was confiscated from Cabotaje. 

The NCRPO said Cabotaje and Sardoma are cousins who are said to be members of the "Skyway Robbery Holdup Group" that has staged eight robberies that yielded P134 million in loot.

Mendez said their intelligence efforts managed to identify the group whose vehicle license plates matched those on the CCTV of the cars that were used in the previous robberies. 

Both men denied the accusations against them. 

 "Sa korte na lang po ako magpapaliwanag," said Sadorma. 

The NCRPO said its investigation is still ongoing to catch the other suspects. —RF, GMA Integrated News

Police arrest ax-wielding men who robbed P134 million from Skyway motorists (msn.com)

 

[scott h]

25 minutes ago, Lee said:

outside a casino hotel

 

25 minutes ago, Lee said:

"Skyway Robbery Holdup Group"

 

26 minutes ago, Lee said:

P7 million from the Korean victim.

This sounds like an inside job to me. I am familiar with that on ramp, take it all the time myself on the way back from the Mall of Asia area. that on ramp is the easiest way to access the skyway from two of the three casinos in the area.

My money is that they have a spotter in the casino, watching players cashing out, follow them to the parking lot etc. etc.

I just hope my wife does not see this article, she will want to stop going the the casino 

 

[OnMyWay]

I can't find it now, but there is a dashcam video of a similar robbery attempt in S. Africa.  They try to trap you on a narrow section of road, like the on-ramp shown.  In the S. Africa video, the "victim" just plows them with his large vehicle (maybe a large SUV) and pushes them a good distance onto the main highway, then speeds off.

[Guy F.]

I read in the Wall Street Journal many years ago of the extreme measures some people in South Africa were taking to deter thieves. One thing was installing flamethrowers to shoot out at people beside the car. Another was an arrangement to shoot an actual bullet into the driver if the secret switch was not toggled.

[OnMyWay]

On 12/6/2023 at 7:26 AM, OnMyWay said:

I can't find it now, but there is a dashcam video of a similar robbery attempt in S. Africa.  They try to trap you on a narrow section of road, like the on-ramp shown.  In the S. Africa video, the "victim" just plows them with his large vehicle (maybe a large SUV) and pushes them a good distance onto the main highway, then speeds off.

I found the video.  It was not S. Africa.  Chile.  If I was driving my SUV, this is what I would do in this situation.  I don't think it would work in my Brio!