CAMP GEN. PACIANO RIZAL, Santa Cruz, Laguna – A dismissed police officer was arrested for unlicensed firearms in Calamba City, Laguna on Sunday, June 18.
POLICE Col. Randy Glenn Silvio (left), Laguna police director, faces the suspect following his arrest in a checkpoint in Calamba City in Laguna on Sunday, June 18. (Danny Estacio)
Police Col. Randy Glenn Silvio, Laguna police director, identified the suspect as “Arnold” of Tondo, Manila.
Police Lt. Col. Milany Martirez, Calamba police chief, said the suspect yielded firearms in a checkpoint and introduced himself as a police officer.
The suspect presented documents for his firearms which later turned out to be spurious and he was also found out to be a police officer dismissed from the service in 2018.
He was arrested and a preventive search discovered a Taurus caliber .45, a Norinco caliber .45,
magazines, ammunition, two cellphones, a flashlight, a green bag, a black holster, seven Philippine National
Police identification cards, a driver’s license, a national ID, a Police Security Protection Group ID, an Imex ID, a Social Security System ID, two vaccination cards, assorted keys, and P5,840.
Suspect is in the custody of the Calamba police station and faces charges for usurpation of authority and violation of Republic Act 10591 or the Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Regulation Act.
Confiscated guns were submitted to the Crime Laboratory for ballistic examination.
“The Laguna PNP will continue to implement the directive of Police Regional Office 4-A chief Brig. Gen. Carlito Gaces to intensify checkpoint operations to immediately stop people who want to commit or plan a crime,” Silvio said.