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The Martilyo Gang is one of the most notorious gangs in the Philippines that invades jewelry stores by smashing glass displays with hammers. The gang was founded in 2011 by Sulayman Dimapuro and conducted robberies until his arrest in 2017. They targeted jewelry stores because the displays were visible from outside and easily accessible. Dimapuro's group was involved in robberies at several major malls from 2011 to 2014 until he was apprehended for drug trafficking.

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Modus Operandi

The Martilyo Gang is one of the most notorious gangs in the Philippines that invades jewelry stores by smashing glass displays with hammers. The gang was founded in 2011 by Sulayman Dimapuro and conducted robberies until his arrest in 2017. They targeted jewelry stores because the displays were visible from outside and easily accessible. Dimapuro's group was involved in robberies at several major malls from 2011 to 2014 until he was apprehended for drug trafficking.

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Modus Operandi

"MARTILYO GANG"
Members:
Oropilla, Paulo Justin T.
Acuña, Joseph Carl D.
Alim, John Paul
Amar, Cyrell D.
Arsenal, Ereboy
Batallones, Alvin
Cordeño, Char Lancer M.
Garces, Michael G.
Mende, Markjohn T.
Ricaplaza, Rommel L.
Villagracia, Ed Noble
"Martilyo Gang"

-is one of the most notorious gangs that exists in the Philippines. They usually
invade jewelery stores or sections in a department stores and take away some
jeweleries that are placed in a display and covered with glass.

BRIEF HISTORY OF MARTILYO GANG

The modus operandi Martilyo Gang” started from 2011 to 2014. It was also
known as “Utap Robbery Gang” because it was founded by Sulayman Dimapuro
Alias ‘Jomar or Bryan Utap” with his 18 members. They choose jewelry stores to
rob because jewelry stores display their products in glass cabinets, visible for the
customers and an open target for the Matilyo Gang. But on May 11, 2017
Sulayman was caught and arrested not with a robbery act but with illegal drug
pushing. But even if the founder of this modus operandi was already
apprehended, there were still cases of this kind of robbery in the public after
him.
METHODS OF OPERATIONS

Thugs break into business establishments bydestroying the stores’ padlocks


using bolt cutters. Robbers use hammers (martilyo in Filipino) to smash the glass
on jewelry display cases in malls. Modern criminal also use pipe wrenches.Thugs
smash windshields, usually with the help of cloth to muzzle the sound, and steal
the valuables inside the vehicle.Common targets are parked cars where
unattended bags or other valuables, such as wallet and cellular phones, are
visible through the windows.

Famous case they were involved

"Police nail Martilyo robbery gang leader, wife"

Dimapuro was the mastermind behind the attack in the jewelry store in Manila,
this include the attack on the Recto in 2011, SM Mega Mall and North in 2013,
and the former’s plaza and SM MOA in 2014.

They were called the hammer gang because they used hammers to break glass
in jewelry stores. if not liabe-tubo steel.when it was forbidden to bring them to
the malls,the suspects were already inside the hardware mall buying things.
"Aliases Jomar or Bryan
Utap”
-Martilyo Gang leader Sulayman
Dimapuro’s mugshot is taken by the
police on May 11, 2017
(PHOTO BY DEXTER CABALZA /
INQUIRER)

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/896115/police-nail-martilyo-
robbery-gang-leader-wife

Warda Alamada

-who accompanied her husband,


suspected Martilyo Gang leader
Sulayman Dimapuro, in his drug
transactions, faces the police for her
mugshot on May 11, 2017.
(PHOTO BY DEXTER CABALZA /
INQUIRER)

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/896115/police-nail-martilyo-
robbery-gang-leader-wife
R.A. 10591

-AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A COMPREHENSIVE LAW ON FIREARMS AND


AMMUNITION AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF.

R.A. 9165

-PROVIDES FOR IMPORTATION OF DANGEROUS DRUGS AND/OR CONTROLLED


PRECURSORS AND ESSENTIAL CHEMICALS. IT ESTABLISHES OFFENCES AND
PENALTY ACCORDING TO THE DIFFERENT DANGEROUS DRUG, REGARDLESS
OF THE QUANTITY AND PURITY INVOLVED.

Dimapuro’s group was tagged in the


following robberies

 F and C and The Jeweller stores at SM Megamall in Mandaluyong on Jan. 26,


2013
 F and C and The Jeweller stores at SM Megamall in Mandaluyong on Jan. 26,
2013
 Two jewelry stores in SM North in Quezon City on Dec. 15, 2013
 A jewelry store at the ground floor of Farmer’s Plaza in Cubao, Quezon City
on Feb. 25, 2014
 SM Mall of Asia in Pasay on March 30, 2014

Reference
 https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/896115/police-nail-martilyo-robbery-gang-
leader-wife

 https://www.scribd.com/document/450741161/Martilyo-Gang-Fabb?
fbclid=IwAR0I345UcM4CHbsXCeCXZQ4j6t-
WPpG4gYOFBBdo5pR36rGAfg2sk9h9xJE

 https://www.rappler.com/nation/46014-martilyo-gang-robbery-sm-north-
edsa/

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mGe8b32yJc

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