Greenbelt 5 Robbery

[_Cathy_]

One suspect dead as robbers strike Makati mall
By Marlon Ramos, Allison Dy, Alexander Villafania
Philippine Daily Inquirer
10/18/2009

MANILA, Philippines — (UPDATE) One of the suspects in the late morning robbery in a watch shop in Greenbelt 5 was killed by authorities, as police continued to scour the perimeter of the Ayala-owned mall in Makati City for armed men who broke in the posh shopping mall Sunday.
The suspect was seen lying in front of the watch shop.
Police Officer 3 Joy Catapang said the robbery inside the Rolex watch store in Greenbelt-5 happened shortly before noon.

For a few hours, the entire complex was cordoned off as shoppers remained inside while police teams pursued the robbers believed to be still inside the establishment.
But normal operations have resumed in Greenbelt 1, 2, 3, and 4, although Greenbelt 5 remained closed.

Vehicles parked in the mall were also prohibited from leaving.
Authorities are still pursuing at least 11 suspects, according to a report by radio dzMM.
A bodyguard of Taguig Mayor Freddie Tinga, who was reportedly having lunch at the time of the incident, killed one of the robbers, reports said.

Makati councilor Jun Jun Binay is currently in the scene of the crime. [/quote]

[Horsepower]

Stupid robbers. hahahhaa.

Why rob an establishment that obviously doesn't scrimp on security?? akala nila they can pull the same stunt they did at SM Malls with Ayala Malls.

[Lucius]

Dapat pinatay nila lahat yan. Si Binay dapat umalis sa crime scene, baka mapagkamalan syang magnanakaw!

[Isuzoom]

ano ang nakuha ni binay?

[falken]

Expect more cases like this, elections are coming soon.

[MaxAJ]

well they did succeed in robbing them

[buriroy]

Marami ba nakuhang rolex watches yung mga robbers, or cash only?

If they were able to make off with a huge loot in kind, then sigurado
mga high-end customers ang mabebentahan nila kasi sobra mahal
ang Rolex.

The police should stake out the Batasan complex and see who among the tongressmen have new Rolex watches, hehehe.

[sIlveralIen]

Expect more cases like this, elections are coming soon.

set up?

or a politician went to the crime scene? just to be "shown on tv"?

[mikoboi2009]

robbers nowadays are much more dangerous and wise.
imagine wearing bomb squad uniform yun lang ginamit nila ng walang kahirap hirap para ma looban yung g5.

good thing walang namatay except lang dun sa isa sa mga robbers.
sana magawan din ng paraan para mas maging mahigpit ang security pa ng mga public places like malls.

[chua_riwap]

Watch out for Rolex watches that is being peddled below P100k in the next few days..........

[paullex]

Too bad the two police officers on scene ran out of bullets, one of them hit a headshot pa. I bet some of the robbers were most likely shot aswell.

But these robbers are very gutsy, they play too much gta, maybe.
Come to think of it, they came in full bomb squad attire with m16, m14 rifles and a GRENADE LAUNCHER!? must be fake but still.. ballsey
They got away with rolex watches which I doubt is profitable as those watches are tracable, they will most likely wear them rather than sell them.

I think they might be showing off that they are pros and can do what ever they want. Mind you they had to run pretty far from the scene to their get away vehicles which was parked in front of fullybooked on the underpass. Although I'm quite amazed how they got away easily around Makati area. I swear they could've just parked at Landmark and do some shopping and no one will still know. It shows how poor communications within the security agency system and police response take place. sayang

Btw- if any of them are laughing right now reading the news, forums to admire how awesome they are to pull off a heist.. 'you're lucky streak can only last for so long, you will end up with a bullet in your head.. like your friend'

[chua_riwap]

Too bad the two police officers on scene ran out of bullets, one of them hit a headshot pa. I bet some of the robbers were most likely shot aswell.

I read somewhere, that those 2 officers who shot it out w/ the robbers, are security escorts of Taguig City Mayor Tinga, who happened to be at the vicinity of that Rolex store.

Sayang, isa lang nadale nila......

[Monseratto]

None of the mall security shot it out with the robbers. According to the news, the robbers abandoned the loot and it was scattered on the floor. The police claimed it was returned to the owner. The robbery group is the same one that robbed Harrison Plaza last month.

[Monseratto]

People will be more wary of going to glorietta...

Mallgoers questioned the apparent lack of security within the sprawling Ayala-owned mall complex.

Rowena Bito-on, 37, noted that the brazen robbery occurred just a day before the second anniversary of the deadly explosion that rocked Glorietta 2.

The explosion, which the mall owners claimed was caused by the methane gas that accidentally leaked from the building's sewage system, left 11 people dead and over 100 others injured.

"After the explosion in Glorietta, we thought the mall administrators and the local police beefed up the security here. But it looked like nothing much was improved," Bito-on, a bank employee from Pasay City, said.

The robbery affected the operations of a number of restaurants and shops in Greenbelt-5 and adjoining shopping areas.

Watchmen interviewed by the Philippine Daily Inquirer said they noticed a significant drop in the number of people entering other Greenbelt malls.

Roel Tongol, manager of the posh restaurant Felix in Greenbelt-5, said they lost at least P150,000 in expected revenues because of the firefight.

Tongol said the 12 customers who were dining at the 150-seater restaurant at the time of the shooting decided to leave at once.

"Our place is usually full during lunchtime especially because Sunday is family day here. You could just imagine our losses," he lamented.

A number of foreign tourists who either witnessed or was told of the robbery said they were dismayed by what happened.

"It (the robbery) was really shocking considering that Makati is the center of commerce in the Philippines," said an Australian tourist who declined to be identified.

"I think the government should be more circumspect in assigning security people in this place," he added.

"The police must see to it that the whole place is secure. As frequent visitors of this area, we would probably think twice going here at night after what happened today," his female companion said.

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakin...n-mall-robbery

[KERSMcRae]

Excerpt from philstar.com' news headline (October 19, 2009)

1 dead in daring mall heist
by Non Alquitran

Calungsod said they are now reviewing the video of the closed circuit television cameras of the mall to determine how the heavily armed suspects were allowed inside the mall.

CCTV cameras of malls and banks are useless. Their mounting heights are too high, these cannot take a clear image of faces of people and car plates at parking areas.

Does G5 dont have a centralized CCTV security room? Kahit na-overpowered sana yung mga gwardiya kung nakamonitor ang entrances, makaka-alerto sila sa mga police authorities kahit hogtied na ang mga guards ng mall.

Thumbs up to the 2 TAGUIG policemen for their quick reaction. Ganyan ang may common sense. .

"Ganyan sila sa MAKATI"!

[Altis6453]

Mall security would never trade shots with armed robbers especially if there are innocent by-standers who can get caught in the crossfire. Nonetheless, the PNP-Makati was slow to react given that the area was supposed to be well patrolled.

[shadow]

I haven't really followed the story but nagtataka lang ako if tumakbo sa basement yun mga robbers, paano pa rin nakatakas? they can predict naman siguro kung saan exit yun sasakyan nila. ilan lang ba ang exit-entry point ng carpark. and siguro naman nun tumakas sila hinde na sila ang stop to pay yun parking fee. so doon pa lang alam na nila kung ano yun get away car...

mukhang malungkot ang pasko ng chief of police ng Makati.

[_Qwerty_]

nakakapag taka ehhh nakatakas pa yung ibang holdappers?? pano nangyari yun?? sabi don sa isang news.. sa basement dumaan?? so palagay na nating may getaway car.. dadaan pa din nang pasay road or makati avenue or legaspi street yang mga yan.. hindi man lang nila naharangan?

[praetor91313]

At kung wala pa yung bodyguard, di nakatakas silang lahat at nagtatawanan ngayon!

Buti may naistorbong naglalunch na bodyguard kaya napatay yung isang holdaper. Kung wala pala sya di nakatakas lahat na parang bula.

Hmn.... parang may naaamoy akong di mabango a.

[KERSMcRae]

I'll wait for the outcome/news on CCTV footage. Dun makikta kung saan tumakbo ang mga robbers. Pero kung mala-daga kung kumaripas ang mga ito, malamang hindi rin nakunan dahil wa-epek talaga ang paglalagay nila ng cameras.