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PRO-7 says dismantling of illegal gun shops in Danao City saved lives

Published May 21, 2025 08:47 pm
CEBU CITY – Lives were saved when several illegal gun manufacturing sites were dismantled in Danao City, northern Cebu province, the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) said.
POLICE Brig. Gen. Redrico Maranan (right), chief of the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas, inspects assorted firearms and gun-making paraphernalia seized in various operations in Danao City, Cebu province. (Contributed photo)
POLICE Brig. Gen. Redrico Maranan (right), chief of the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas, inspects assorted firearms and gun-making paraphernalia seized in various operations in Danao City, Cebu province. (Contributed photo)
The PRO-7 reported that from March 21 to May 20, 15 gun manufacturing sites were dismantled in an intensified operation conducted in cooperation with the Regional Mobile Force Battalion.
Gun-making paraphernalia and assorted unfinished firearms were seized during the two-month operation.
The series of operations included buy-bust operations in Suba, Cahungan, and Cahumayan, all mountain barangays in Danao.
Police Brig. Gen. Redrico Maranan, chief of PRO-7, said gun-making hubs were set up in remote areas to avoid detection.
Maranan said the campaign against loose firearms was concentrated in Danao as 80 percent of seized unlicensed firearms came from the city.
A deeper investigation on the manufacturing of firearms in Danao showed that some illegally made guns made it to the hands of an Indonesian terrorist, who was arrested along with two Filipinos last Jan. 7 in Barangay Nalus, Kiamba town, Sarangani province.
Arrested were Indonesian Anton Nowera Gobay, Jimmy Desales Abolde, and Michael Notarte Tino.
Long firearms loaded on a motor banca were seized during. The firearms were supposed to be transported to Indonesia.
Investigation revealed that the seized firearms worth P500,000 were bought from Danao.
The PRO-7 said Gobay is a member of the Papuan National Army and Free Papua Organization, which is a separatist group in Indonesia involved in terrorist activities in the country.
The PRO-7 appealed to barangay officials in Danao to cooperate with authorities to ensure success in the campaign against loose firearms.
Maranan warned that barangay officials who are unwilling to cooperate may face charges before the Department of the Interior and Local Government.
"We would like to solicit their cooperation to at least wipe out these menace because they have the obligation, accountability, responsibility to ensure that no illegal activities, no criminal activities are happening under their nose especially in their areas of responsibility,” Maranan said.

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