Thieves victimize Olongapo cop

OLONGAPO CITY—A police officer fell victim to a suspected car theft syndicate member after his car’s license plates were used in a stolen vehicle that was recovered here on Sept. 16. Police flagged down a gray Toyota Vios bearing the stolen car plates of Chief Insp. Jeric Villanueva, head of Police Precinct 6, at a checkpoint in front of the police headquarters.

Police stopped the Vios after they received information that a similar car was reported missing on Sept. 15. Police arrested the driver, Angelito de Vera, 24, and seized the car. De Vera admitted taking the car while it was parked at the garage of an apartment in Barangay East Bajac-Bajac here. He said he took the plates of another unattended car and transferred them to the Vios that he took.

Allan Macatuno, Inquirer Central Luzon