“Napaka-pambihirang kaso po nito.”
This was the comment of Police Colonel Jaime Santos of the Las Piñas Police Station who came upon the case of Mark Russel Zapata, a man whose cellphone got snatched and, in turn, snatched the suspect’s motor.
Santos on Sunday, October 29 shared that Zapata came into the station with the snatcher’s motor after getting it from the thief who stole his Oppo cellphone worth P10,000 along Alabang-Zapote Road that morning.
“Siya po ay nakipagbuno sa snatcher na may dala-dalang motor. Nung naagaw po ang cellphone niya, ‘yun. Tumakbo po ‘yung snatcher, habang naagaw naman niya ‘yung susi at tinakbo naman niya ‘yung motor ng snatcher,” the cop narrated in a Facebook Live.
Santos also clarified that Zapata is not a suspect in the case, adding that the latter brought the snatcher’s motor to the police station.
“Napaka-pambihirang kaso po nito dahil ito po ay nangyayari lamang sa TikTok,” the cop said, referring to scripted videos on the platform where a motor-riding criminal targets a victim.
The twist is when the victim gets the criminal’s motor and drives away with it.
Santos asked if Zapata watches TikTok, to which the latter affirmed.
“Pagka-snatch po ng cellphone niya, nakipagbuno siya, nakuha naman niya ‘yung susi. Nung nakuha niya ‘yung susi, tumakbo ‘yung snatcher, dala ‘yung cellphone niya. Samantalang siya, sinakyan naman niya ‘yung motor, tinakbo naman niya ‘yung motor,” the cop said.
“Kaya nandito po siya ngayon, nagre-reklamo po siya. Dahil ‘yung cellphone niya, tinakbo ng snatcher tapos siya naman, ‘yung motor ng snatcher, tinakbo niya dito,” Santos added.
He admitted that while the case seems funny, their police investigator will go to Bacoor, Cavite since this is where the snatcher lives, based on the snatcher’s ID that was left at the scene.
Meanwhile, Santos’ video about the incident has reached a whopping number of 6.1 million views, 71,000 likes and laughing reactions and over 12,000 comments so far.
The cop said that he went on Facebook Live to show the public that scripted incidents can also happen in real life.
