HIGHWAY

PATROL
TEAM
Quezon City Police
District

PMAJ RUBEN F MISSION III

TEAM

Chief
What is
Carnapping?
Carnapping

is the taking, with intent to gain, of a motor vehicle

belonging to another without the latter’s consent, or by
means of violence against or intimidation of persons,
or by using force upon things (Section 3, RA 10883).
 ELEMENTS OF CARNAPPING:
• The taking of a motor vehicle which belongs to
another;

• The taking is without the consent of the owner or by

means of violence against or intimidation of persons
or by using force upon things; and

• The taking is done with the intent to gain (People v.

Cariño, G.R. No. 232624, July 09, 2018).
MODALITIES
OF
CARNAPPING

1. Forcibly Taken (FT)

(People v. Cariño, G.R. No. 232624, July 09, 2018).
 SUMMARY OF THE CASE
That on or about the 29th day of August, 2002, in
Quezon City, Philippines, the above-named accused,
conspiring together, confederating with and mutually
helping each other, with intent of gain, by means of force,
violence and/or intimidation against person, did then and
there, willfully, unlawfully and feloniously rob one MIRKO
MOELLER of the following personal items:
 One (1) cellphone, wallet, small camera, video camera
and VCD player, and by reason and on the occasion of the
said robbery, said accused pursuant to their conspiracy,
with intent to kill, attack, assault and employ personal
violence upon the person of MIRKO MOELLER by then and
there mauling him with the use of a dumbbell, thereby
inflicting upon him serious and mortal wounds which were
the direct and immediate cause of his death, to the damage
and prejudice of the heirs of the said victim.
 That on or about the 29th day of August, 2002, in Quezon
City, Philippines, the above-named accused, conspiring
together, confederating with and mutually helping each
other, with intent to gain and without knowledge and
consent of the owner thereof, did, then and there, willfully,
unlawfully and feloniously take, steal and carry away one
(1) Unit of Nissan Sentra with Plate No. PN-USD-666
colored silver/pink, of undetermined amount belonging to
MIRKO MOELLER, to the damage and prejudice of the said
owner thereof.
MODALITIES
OF
CARNAPPING

2. Stolen While Parked Unattended (SWPU).

G.R. No. 103272 July 4, 1994
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RENATO ALHAMBRA y MASIGLAT, VIRGILIO
DELA CORTA, and RODOLFO AGUIPO y DE LORIA, accused.
RENATO ALHAMBRA y MASIGLAT, and VIRGILIO DELA CORTA, accused-appellants.
 SUMMARY OF THE CASE
That on or about November 17, 1988, in the City of
Manila, Philippines, the said accused conspiring and
confederating together with others whose true names, real
identities and present whereabouts are still unknown and
helping one another, did then and there wilfully, unlawfully
and feloniously, with intent to gain and without the knowledge
and consent of the owner thereof, take, steal and carry away
the following motor vehicle, to wit:
one (1) Toyota Corona, model 1976 colored red, Motor No.
12RM-015221, Chassis No. RT102-704465 and with Plate
No. PJA-641, valued at P70,000.00, belonging to Cesar
Pablo y Legaspi, to the damage and prejudice of the said
owner, in the aforesaid amount of P70,000.00, Philippine
currency.
 Cesar Pablo resides at 1521 Sulu Street, Sta. Cruz,
Manila. He works as a Supervisor of a Corporation dealing
(i)n janitorial services and owns a Toyota Corona car, Model
1976. The car is registered in his name as evidenced by
Exhibit "B" — Certificate of Registration and Exhibit "B-1" —
receipt of payment of registration. On November 17, 1988 at
about 9:00 o'clock in the evening, coming from work, as
(was) his custom he parked the said car in front of his
house.
Before leaving the car for the night, he closed and locked its
doors and windows. Feeling secured, he left his car, went up
his house and after some rest, slept for the night. The
following day when he woke up he found his car gone and
no longer in the place where he parked it. With the loss of
his car, he immediately reported the matter to the
Anti-Carnapping Section of the WPD. After being assured
that the authorities will issue an alarm and take care of the
matter, he left for home.
 Cpl. Romeo Genova, the officer to whom the loss of the
car was reported, immediately issued an alarm report,
Exhibit "C". Later, on the same night, Sgt. Romeo Martin of
the Valenzuela Police received a report of the presence of a
suspicious car at Barrio Tiburcio de Leon about three to four
kilometers away from the Poblacion. Upon receipt of the
information, a team was formed composed of Pat. Galos,
Pat. Bernardo, and Sgt. Martin. The team boarded their
patrol car and proceeded to Barrio Tiburcio de Leon, and
saw a Toyota car with three passengers including the driver
headed towards the National Highway.
They stopped the car and made the occupants go down from
the car. They found accused Alhambra, the driver and
accused Villacorta and Aguipo as passengers. (T)hey found
no firearms, but the occupants could not produce documents
for the car. The car including the three accused were brought
to the Valenzuela Municipal Building and (they) reported the
incident. The car was confiscated and the three accused
were detained.
The following day while Pablo was watching television, he
saw in the TV Patrol program a car recovered by the
Valenzuela Police. Pablo immediately went to the ANCAR
and verified the matter. Immediately thereafter, in the
company of Capt. Aldana and Mr. Nova, they proceeded to
Valenzuela and found his car impounded in front of the
Municipal Building. Inspecting the car, he found the stereo,
antenna, and the dancing light missing. According to him,
the value of the missing accessories is Four Thousand
(4,000.00) pesos; (t)hat the value of the whole car is
Seventy Thousand (P70,000.00) pesos.
After showing the necessary documents to the Valenzuela
Police the possession of the car was given to the WPD
Policemen. Likewise, the custody of the three accused were
given to the Anti-Carnapping Unit of the WPD. The three
accused, including the car, were brought to the WPD
Headquarters, Manila and later, after investigation, a case of
carnapping was filed before the Fiscal's Office against the
three accused.
MODALITIES
OF
CARNAPPING

3. Failed to Return.

People v. Bustinera : 148233 : June 8,2004 :

J. Carpio-Morales : Third Division : Decision
 SUMMARY OF THE CASE

That on or about the 25th day of December up to the 9th

day of January, 1997, in Quezon City, Philippines, the said
accused being then employed as one [of] the taxi Drivers of
Elias S. Cipriano, an Operator of several taxi cabs with
business address at corner 44 Commonwealth Avenue,
iliman (sic), this City, and as such has free access to the taxi
he being driven, did then and there willfully, unlawfully and
feloniously with intent to gain, with grave abuse of
confidence reposed upon him by his employer and without
the knowledge and consent of the owner thereof, take, steal
and carry away a Daewoo Racer GTE Taxi with Plate No.
PWH-266 worth P303,000.00, Philippine Currency,
belonging to Elias S. Cipriano, to the damage and prejudice
of the said offended party in the amount of P303,000.00.
 Sometime in 1996, Edwin Cipriano (Cipriano), who
manages ESC Transport, the taxicab business of his father,
hired appellant as a taxi driver and assigned him to drive a
Daewoo Racer with plate number PWH-266. It was agreed
that appellant would drive the taxi from 6:00 a.m. to 11:00
p.m, after which he would return it to ESC Transports
garage and remit the boundary fee in the amount of
P780.00 per day.
HANDLING CARNAPPING
INCIDENTS

(PN P MA N U A L / R ESPON D ER 'S MA N U A L)

THIS CHECKLIST GUIDES
MOBILE PATROL PERSONNEL
RESPONDING TO REPORTS OF
THEFT OF MOTOR VEHICLES IN
ORDER TO IDENTIFY AND
APPREHEND THE OFFENDERS
AND RECOVER THE STOLEN
PROPERTY.
UPON RECEIPT OF
INFORMATION:

Record date and time information/ call was

received. Determine veracity of report by
interviewing victim and immediately flash
alarm to all field units/mobile for dragnet
operation. Report such response to higher
Hqs.
 On arrival at the scene,
record the following:
1
2
Time when the vehicle
Time when car was 3
was parked.
discovered lost. How car was
discovered lost (SWP- 4
Stolen While Parked;
FTR-Failed To Return; Complete description
FT-Forcibly Taken) of car-secure
registration papers, if
possible.
 On arrival at the scene,
record the following:
5 6 6A 6A
If car was stolen from If car was forcibly - Place of occurrence - Route taken by
residence, look for taken from the - Time of occurrence carnappers
footprints, tire works of operator/ driver: - Nr of suspects - Description of suspects motor vehicle/ get away
vehicle used by - Identity/ description suspects: car's plate number.

suspects, tools or
implements left behind. *Physical description
*Common expression
uttered by suspect,
diction, intonation, etc.
WHEN THE DESCRIPTION OF
CARNAPPED VEHICLE IS
KNOWN, INFORM HIGHER HQS
IMMEDIATELY AND REQUEST
RAISING OF TACTICAL ALARM
FOR DRAGNET OPERATIONS
Conduct pursuit operations when
necessary. Inform all friendly units.
Advice victim to report to nearest
HPG unit for vehicle inclusion/in the
MV Info System for nationwide
alarm. (NHQ, PNP SOP # 7)
 WHEN CAR IS RECOVERED
ABANDONED:

INFO RM HIG HER C O N D U C T A TEC H N IC AL

IN S P E C TIO N O F TH E VEH IC LE
T URN -OV E R T HE MV FURTHER TURN -
HQ S IMMEDIATELY AT TH E S P O T WH ER E IT WAS TO UNIT HQS . IF T HE O VER THE MV TO
R E C O V E R E D TO BE WITN ESSED V E HICL E RE QUIRE S
BY AT LEAST TWO (2) NEAREST TMG
D IS IN TE R E S TED PER SO N S, TOW ING S E RV ICE,
UNIT PER NHQ PNP
P R E FE R A B LY BAR AN G AY NOT IF Y A ND
O FFIC IA LS . TH E SAME TIR
RE QUE S T HIGHE R SO P # 7.
S H A LL B E IN D O R SED FO R
C H E C K IN G A N D AC C EPTAN C E HQS TO DIS PATCH A
TO R E S P O N D U N IT
C O MMAN D ER S WH EN TU R N IN G TOW T RUCK .
O V E R TH E V E H IC LE.
THANK YOU!

Highway Patrol Team - Quezon City Police District

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