ANTI - CARNAPPING TIPS
The following are some methods of operation or “modus operandi” which were found out to be deliberately or unwittingly adopted by the syndicates during each carnapping incident.
- The group preys on wealthy victims who reside in posh subdivisions/villages in Metro Manila. They conduct casing/surveillance on probable targets before executing plans. They strike their victims with force when the victims are about to get out/in of their gates.
- Forcibly take at gunpoint prospective targets usually at commercial parking areas.
- Pretend as police/military personnel in staging carnapping activities.
- The carnapping syndicates usually operate using carnapped vehicles.
- Face lifting or repainting is immediately done after the carnapping incident.
- Sells stolen vehicles to unsuspecting buyers by providing spurious LTO documents.
- Carnappers disguise themselves as hitchhikers
- Syndicate usually flags down their would-be victims and at gunpoint hold their prey.
- They utilize assorted instruments to forcibly open the door of target vehicles.
