00:00In less than 24 hours, the group of people who were caught by the police
00:06were caught in an expensive battery that can run several appliances in one house.
00:11John Consulta was able to catch them.
00:13Exclusive!
00:18At around 7.12 p.m. when the CCTV caught the arrival of this red van
00:24in a place in Santo Tomas, Batangas.
00:26Five men went down and went straight to a telco box in the area.
00:30Within 10 minutes, the group was able to steal the lithium-ion batteries that they had left.
00:36The group moved to another barangay and walked far from the CCTV
00:41so that they would not be able to steal.
00:43They already knew what they were going to do.
00:45That box was locked.
00:47They used a grenade to open it and to get the lithium battery.
00:55In the follow-up operation of the police in Santo Tomas, Batangas,
00:58four out of five suspects were in a house in Quezon City
01:02for less than 24 hours.
01:04The thieves also recovered telco lithium-ion batteries
01:08that are not ordinary batteries.
01:10One battery of this can run the lights of a house
01:15and an air-conditioned unit.
01:18It's that strong.
01:19One battery is worth P50,000.
01:23Yes, and they sell it for P15,000.
01:26It's not just a telco that stole the batteries,
01:31but there are also batteries owned by telco companies.
01:37This is the van of the suspects that they used to steal.
01:40The CCTV was able to get the batteries of a telco in Santo Tomas, Batangas.
01:46According to the Santo Tomas Police,
01:48this van was only sold for three days.
01:52And according to their investigation,
01:54the suspects used four-wheeled vehicles
01:57so that their illegal activities would not be traced.
02:00Some of the arrested were hand-washed.
02:03We were just recognized.
02:05They told us that they will pick up the battery of the vehicle.
02:10I didn't know that the battery would be picked up like that.
02:14This is what provides Wi-Fi in one place.
02:18If there is a company that has a business using the Internet,
02:24they will lose the Internet.
02:26Our operation is still ongoing.
02:28We are still looking for a mastermind of these four.
02:33And of course, as I said, we are still looking for one.
02:36For JMA Integrated News, John Consulta.
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