CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – Central Luzon police director Chief Superintendent Leon Nilo de la Cruz ordered a massive hunt for 15 heavily armed men who carted off an entire ATM machine at a gasoline station store along the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) in Apalit, Pampanga at about 2 a.m. Thursday.
De la Cruz said the ATM belonged to the Philippine Savings Bank and contained a still undetermined amount of cash when it was carted off by the suspects. No one was reported harmed during the incident.
He cited a report saying that the suspects were wearing black fatigue uniforms and “SAGSDI” and “Bitag” identification cards when they arrived at the Bonjour convenient store where the ATM was located. The suspects were on board a white Mitsubishi L300 van with plate number ZKR-22, one silver Toyota Revo with plate number XPU-338 and one white Toyota Corolla, one white Toyota Revo and one red Nissan Urban vehicles whose plate numbers were noted.
As of noon yesterday, face sketches of the suspects were prepared by police cartographers who based them on the descriptions of witnesses.
De la Cruz said he ordered “intensified manhunt operations against the robbery hold-up gangs operating in the province of Pampanga and other provinces in Central Luzon including Metro Manila”.
He also said his probers are coordinating with NLEX management amid the possibility that the crime or any event related to the crime could have been recorded by a monitoring camera anywhere along the expressway.
Police mobile patrols have been beefed up and “choke points” were set up along routes from the NLEX, he also said.
De la Cruz said the ATM belonged to the Philippine Savings Bank and contained a still undetermined amount of cash when it was carted off by the suspects. No one was reported harmed during the incident.
He cited a report saying that the suspects were wearing black fatigue uniforms and “SAGSDI” and “Bitag” identification cards when they arrived at the Bonjour convenient store where the ATM was located. The suspects were on board a white Mitsubishi L300 van with plate number ZKR-22, one silver Toyota Revo with plate number XPU-338 and one white Toyota Corolla, one white Toyota Revo and one red Nissan Urban vehicles whose plate numbers were noted.
As of noon yesterday, face sketches of the suspects were prepared by police cartographers who based them on the descriptions of witnesses.
De la Cruz said he ordered “intensified manhunt operations against the robbery hold-up gangs operating in the province of Pampanga and other provinces in Central Luzon including Metro Manila”.
He also said his probers are coordinating with NLEX management amid the possibility that the crime or any event related to the crime could have been recorded by a monitoring camera anywhere along the expressway.
Police mobile patrols have been beefed up and “choke points” were set up along routes from the NLEX, he also said.
