00:00 [Police siren]
00:02 The Philippine National Police said that the number of criminals in the country is decreasing.
00:08 But the problem of robbery has increased.
00:13 Some incidents of robbery were captured by the camera.
00:18 I was scared of someone who was trying to take my gun.
00:27 That's why I threw it inside.
00:29 He tried to take my gun.
00:31 I was with him and he ran away.
00:34 I took his gun.
00:36 I took his gun and he said, "Take your phone."
00:40 At 3 am on September 10, 2023,
00:55 the vlogger, Humphrey Danculos and Johan Morales,
00:59 were allowed to go home.
01:01 Humphrey is a singer and songwriter while Johan is a cameraman.
01:05 Why did you go to the police station at that time?
01:09 I was shooting a music video for my song.
01:12 The theme of the music video is "No one is cozy."
01:16 The friends did not expect that while they were waiting at the Vargas Bridge in Pasig City,
01:24 they would be victimized by robbers.
01:26 The crime was caught using Johan's cellphone.
01:35 While Humphrey was standing at a bridge,
01:39 two men were riding motorcycles and stopped in front of them.
01:44 They stopped and asked where the crossing is.
01:51 Before we could answer, one of them declared a hold-up and got off.
01:55 In the 8-second video that Johan recorded,
01:58 the two men held up the crossing.
02:02 The bag was with me.
02:06 I was the first one to hold it.
02:09 One of them threatened me to take the gun so he threw it at me.
02:12 A bag with a camera, cellphone and other equipment was used by the suspects.
02:20 How many people were there?
02:21 60 people.
02:23 When they got home, Humphrey and Johan tried to track the location of the suspects.
02:29 When they watched the video that Johan recorded,
02:32 they found out that they caught the faces of the hold-uppers.
02:38 They decided to upload the video on social media.
02:44 [Music]
02:50 They were wearing helmets and masks.
02:53 They were identified.
02:56 Humphrey and Johan also reported the incident of the hold-up in Pasig City Police.
03:02 We went to the location of the two victims.
03:05 We conducted surveillance because we identified the two.
03:11 Based on the video that the victim recorded,
03:15 we also found out their past cases and where they lived.
03:22 On September 19, they arrested the driver of a motorcycle at a checkpoint,
03:29 who was one of the two hold-uppers.
03:31 It was an operation that was carried out by the police in relation to the upcoming election.
03:38 So he was just one?
03:40 He was just one who was riding a motorcycle.
03:43 The police recovered the items that Humphrey and Johan obtained,
03:48 including the expensive camera lens.
03:51 When they arrested him, his family said that they will pay for the items that they obtained.
03:58 His family was arrested?
04:00 Yes. Aside from a cellphone that they also obtained.
04:07 For now, the suspect is in jail in Pasig City Police.
04:10 He refused to be allowed to be interviewed.
04:13 The robbery case that they filed last week,
04:19 but when they were arrested during the checkpoint operations,
04:23 it was a different case where they obtained a grenade.
04:28 There, we saw that his motorcycle had no license plate.
04:33 The police are still looking for the hold-upper who was in the back-ride.
04:37 He was probably hiding because he found out that his accomplice was probably arrested.
04:42 But we are still conducting the manhunt operation.
04:47 On the same day,
04:54 a hold-up incident took the CCTV camera at San Pedro, Laguna.
05:02 According to Corrine,
05:03 it is not his real name.
05:05 They were sent home by a friend of the victim of the hold-upper.
05:08 We are used to walking around here,
05:12 even though we studied nearby.
05:16 While we were walking on Gumamela Street,
05:21 a rider came to us.
05:24 He was alone.
05:26 He asked where the exit is.
05:31 We told him.
05:32 Corrine didn't know that the man on the motorcycle
05:39 who stopped in front of them was a hold-upper.
05:42 He got out of his motorcycle and walked towards us.
05:47 My accomplice saw that he was being pulled by a gun,
05:52 so he ran.
05:54 Corrine thought that it was just a joke or a prank.
05:59 I didn't panic because I thought that he was my friend.
06:03 I thought that he was just pranking me.
06:05 He told me, "Give me your cellphone."
06:08 Corrine said that she even managed to throw her cellphone near the road.
06:13 When I threw my phone, it was a bit weak.
06:16 It didn't pick up.
06:18 I still didn't believe that it was a hold-upper.
06:21 So I watched him how he picked up my cellphone.
06:24 After Corrine got the suspect's cellphone,
06:28 she quickly ran away.
06:30 He even looked at me as if we were acquaintances.
06:34 Corrine said that they didn't get any evidence
06:38 that can help to prove the identity of the suspect.
06:42 I didn't know his face because he was wearing a helmet.
06:46 We didn't get the plate number because his taillight was too bright.
06:51 Corrine told us about the hold-up incident in the reception of Barangay Fatima.
06:57 There were a lot of businesses.
06:58 There were snatching of cellphones.
07:02 There were a lot of exit areas to other barangays.
07:08 That's why it happened often.
07:10 We were always roving, especially at night.
07:14 The hold-up was also reported to the San Pedro City Police.
07:21 The usual approach of our professionals is to intimidate the victim immediately.
07:29 To this day, the suspect is still not found.
07:34 But the police have initial information on the whereabouts of the suspect.
07:39 In the middle of the night, the crime rate in the country dropped, according to the PNP.
07:46 But the number of robbery cases increased by almost 7%.
07:51 From 2,434 robbery cases in January to June 2022,
07:56 it increased to 2,601 cases in January to June 2023.
08:02 Why can't the crimes committed on the streets be removed?
08:07 In every incident like this, there is a lesson to be learned.
08:11 What is it here?
08:13 At those times, we should not be campaigning in our surroundings.
08:19 We should be proactive.
08:21 If we are going to do something, we should be in a place where it is easy to ask for help.
08:28 Police reminders.
08:30 There are ways to avoid becoming a victim.
08:33 These street crimes were perpetrated during night time and early morning.
08:40 We strongly advise that as much as possible,
08:45 you should not be walking in dark places.
08:49 More than the public's attention,
08:55 the role of the people of the barangay and the police is important
09:00 to stop the crimes that are happening on the streets.
09:04 I am Dune Van Ration and this is Reporters Notebook.
09:08 Reporters Notebook.
09:09 [Music]
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