CABUYAO CITY, Laguna – Two suspected gunrunners were arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Sala, this city, on Saturday afternoon, September 9.
The Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group 4-A identified the suspects as Mark Anthony de Castro and Marcopolo Gean.
Suspects were arrested after they sold a gun to a police poseur-buyer at the parking lot of a home improvement store.
The suspects yielded a caliber .9mm pistol, a steel magazine, four bullets, a holster, a motorcycle, a cellular phone, and the boodle money.
The CIDG-Laguna Provincial Field Office conducted the operation as part of “Oplan: Paglalansag Omega.”
De Castro and Gean allegedly use social media to conduct their transactions.
Suspects face related charges.