00:00Riding in Tandems in Makati held up a group of hooligans several times.
00:07Their target was a group of foreign tourists.
00:11One of the suspects was arrested.
00:13Mark Salazar was on the scene.
00:19A group of Riding in Tandems, a group of hooligans,
00:22are the victims of tourists in Makati.
00:25They were first caught on December 12 at N. Garcia Avenue.
00:31It seems like they were able to steal the expensive cellphone of this Chinese tourist
00:36while he was with his Filipino girlfriend.
00:40On December 16, around 4 p.m.,
00:43the Riding in Tandems attacked again in the same place at N. Garcia Avenue.
00:48And the victim was a Chinese tourist again.
00:51The victims were tourists.
00:53They were not forced to file a case.
00:58So they just left.
01:00They didn't demand anything.
01:02After 5 or 10 days, they were on a flight back to their country.
01:08The Riding in Tandems were the last of the hooligans on December 20.
01:12It was past 1 a.m.
01:14They caught a lot of Japanese tourists
01:17because the bag containing the expensive cellphone
01:21contained P50,000 or P130,000.
01:26The Japanese Embassy was shocked by what happened to their residents.
01:30Fortunately, earlier, the follow-up operations of Makati City Police were successful.
01:36When the suspect notified us of the bag containing the bag that was supposed to be the victim,
01:45we immediately rushed to the police.
01:49We had a chase.
01:51They were cornered at Makati Avenue.
01:53The suspect was the only one who was caught and confessed that he was a back-ride
01:58in the incident of December 20 and 16.
02:01He pointed out his four accomplices as their leader, a.k.a. Damza.
02:07He invited us to get the clothing.
02:10He has a clothing line.
02:11I was parking my car in the immigration office.
02:14He just chatted me and I was with him.
02:17I was shocked by what he did.
02:21This suspect has a history of robbery and illegal possession of firearms.
02:26He said that he only had a small amount of money,
02:28that's why he was involved in bad deeds.
02:31He said that he will give me money to buy Nutshebuena.
02:33Nutshebuena?
02:34Yes. I was shocked. This is what happened.
02:37He gave me Nutshebuena.
02:39He gave me Nutshebuena.
02:43Sir, I'm already in jail.
02:45The suspect will be charged with robbery and illegal possession of firearms and ammunition
02:50while his accomplices are being searched.
02:53For GMA Integrated News, Mark Salazar.
02:57The case was closed for 24 hours.
