A Chinese national was arrested in Pasay City for using a fake driver’s license to rent vehicles. The Philippine National Police-Highway Patrol Group (PNP-HPG) apprehended the suspect, identified as alias “Zhou Yahao,” 34, in an entrapment operation on March 6, 2025, around 6:30 PM in front of a restaurant along Service Road.
The operation stemmed from intelligence reports that a group of Chinese nationals had been using fraudulent documents for business transactions, particularly in car rentals. On March 2, suspect Zhou Yahao attempted to rent a car from a business owner, who became suspicious and sought police assistance.
A verification process with the Land Transportation Office (LTO) on March 3 confirmed that the driver’s license number provided by the suspect belonged to a Filipino and that “Zhou Yahao” did not exist in the LTO database.
On March 6, the suspect made another attempt to rent a vehicle using the same falsified documents. Authorities coordinated an entrapment operation, and as soon as the suspect signed the rental agreement, officers moved in for the arrest.
The suspect was taken to the RHPU-NCR Investigation Branch for processing. PNP-HPG Director PBGen Eleazar P. Matta praised the operation, emphasizing the importance of intelligence-driven policing in preventing fraud.
