Can't blame Iya Villania

From Ernie Maceda:

Can't blame Iya. ABS-CBN TV star Iya Villania can't be blamed for suspecting that TMG operatives were behind the carjacking of her Nissan Patrol as part of a bigger syndicate that included Land Transportation Office (LTO) personnel.

Iya's Nissan Patrol was issued new registration papers and new plates one day after the carjacking. It was immediately put on the market openly for buyers to examine at a not-too-secret Quezon City location with several other stolen vehicles.

The widespread and frequent “carnapping”/carjacking incidents have been going on for years with the majority of owners unable to recover their vehicles. In some cases, stolen vehicles have been discovered being used by police officers.

Our sources tell us this cartheft syndicate is so big it has extended its operations to Fukuoka, Japan, and San Francisco and Los Angeles in the US. The report also reveals prominent names are involved. The entry point used to be Subic and Clark but it recently shifted to Cebu and Davao.

With the locally stolen vehicles, the cheaper models are “chop-chopped” and sold as car parts with Banawe stores as fences.

Definitely the luxury ones, whether locally carjacked or smuggled in from abroad, are easily registered with conniving officials of the LTO and Customs from Metro Manila to Zambales, Pampanga and Cebu.

Yes, Miss Iya Villania has good ground to suspect something fishy in the sudden appearance or her stolen Nissan Patrol. She can thank the Ortigas/Garnet incident as having put pressure on the syndicate to recover lost prestige by reporting the solving of her carjacking case. Iya did not specifically mention connivance. It was Gen. Angcanang who mouthed the suspicion. Siya ang pumutak!