Assorted ammunition recovered from a security guard who allegedly posed as a police officer during an arrest in Barangay Holy Spirit, Quezon City, early Friday, July 10. (Photo courtesy of QCPD)
A security guard posing as a police officer was arrested after authorities found assorted ammunition in his possession outside a KTV bar on Commonwealth Avenue in Barangay Holy Spirit, Quezon City, early Friday, July 10.
The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) said officers from Holy Spirit Police Station (PS 14) responded to a report about an intoxicated man causing a disturbance inside a canteen while claiming to be a police officer.
The suspect, identified only as alias “Marvin,” 32, of Bagong Silang, Caloocan City, failed to present a police identification card when confronted by responding officers and instead showed a security guard ID.
A frisk of his belt bag yielded 16 rounds of .38-caliber ammunition, 13 rounds of .45-caliber ammunition, and 15 rounds of .40-caliber ammunition, along with several identification cards.
Police said the suspect could not present any license or authority to possess the ammunition and was arrested at about 3:50 a.m.
He is facing charges of usurpation of authority under Article 177 of the Revised Penal Code and violation of Republic Act No. 10591, or the Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Regulation Act, before the Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office.