Police: 5 nabbed for injecting French man with drug; stealing cash, phone
Makati police on Wednesday, May 28, 2025, presented five suspects accused of injecting a French man with a drug and stealing P96,000 cash from him. (Photo by Jason Sigales/INQUIRER.net)
MANILA, Philippines — Five individuals were arrested for allegedly injecting a French man with a drug and stealing cash and a smart phone from him, the Makati City police said Wednesday.
Authorities caught the suspects in an operation in Intramuros, Manila on Tuesday, Southern Police District (SPD) Director Brig. Gen. Joseph Arguelles said in a press conference in Makati City on Wednesday.
A statement from the Makati City Police Station later on Wednesday said the victim was heading out for lunch, walking along Makati Avenue last Sunday.
It was then that three of the suspects approached him, according to Makati City police chief Col. Jean Dela Torre.
“They spoke to him, told him about some of the beautiful places in the Philippines, and mentioned that he’s free to ask or say where he wants to go, they’re willing to help him visit other places he’s interested in,” Dela Torre said at the press conference.
The three suspects then got in a vehicle bound for a church in Intramuros with the victim and met up with the other two suspects, she added.
“When they got the chance, they injected him with a dizzying chemical. When he woke up, his items were gone, his cellphone and cash worth P96,000,” Arguelles explained.
The victim awoke on Sunday evening, finding himself abandoned in the car parked in front of a restaurant along Gil Puyat Avenue in Barangay Palanan, the Makati police said.
According to Arguelles and Dela Torre, the authorities and the victim managed to locate the suspects through a tracking application on his smartphone.
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The five suspects are now at the Makati City Police Station undergoing inquest proceedings, according to Arguelles.
They face a case of violating Article 293 of the Revised Penal Code, which pertains to robbery./mcm
