CAMP Marcelo Adduru, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan – Police arrested two barangay officials in Cagayan and Isabela on Wednesday, October 18, for possession of loose firearms in violation of the Commission on Elections gun ban in the barangay elections. The suspects were identified as alias...
CEBU CITY – High-powered firearms were recovered from the house of a man in Toledo City, Cebu on Tuesday night, October 17. The Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group-Cebu City Field Unit (CIDG-CCFU) raided the house of Ferid Joseph Libre Baena on the strength of a...
CEBU CITY – Police arrested two barangay tanods (watchmen) after they were caught keeping unlicensed firearms in their homes in Barangay Lamesa, Balamban, Cebu. Nabbed on Friday morning, October 13, were Rouel Dumdum Goc-ong, 48, and Mario Vasquez, 48. AN OFFICER from the Criminal Investigation...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – The Police Regional Office-1 has arrested 24 violators and confiscated 22 firearms in the Ilocos region in line with the Commission on Elections gun ban for the barangay elections on October 30. Police Brig. Gen. John C. Chua, PRO-1 chief, said that these accomplishments...
CAMP Marcelo Adduru, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan – Police arrested a 56-year-old Overseas Filipino Worker for illegal possession of firearms in Villa Ventura, Aglipay, Quirino. The suspect was identified as alias “Joven.” Seized from the suspect were a caliber 8mm semi-auto firing pistol, a...
CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija – Police seized 95 loose firearms, explosives, and bladed weapons and arrested 40 violators of the barangay elections gun ban in this province from August 28 to September 26. Police Col. Richard Caballero, Nueva Ecija police chief, said six violators were...
BUTUAN CITY - Police nabbed four persons and 16 guns were surrendered in the campaign against loose firearms in the Caraga region from September 18 to 25. Police Regional Office-13 chief Police Brig. Gen. John Kirby Kraft said alias “Jon” was arrested after he yielded P68,000 worth of suspected...
CEBU CITY – Police arrested a resort owner in Compostela town, northern Cebu after several firearms were recovered during a raid in his house at dawn on Sunday, September 24. POLICE seize various firearms from the house of a resort owner in Compostela town, northern Cebu. (CIDG Mandaue City...
CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – The Police Regional Office-13 seized 107 loose firearms and 11 explosives during the week-long intensified Simultaneous Anti-Criminality Law Enforcement Operations in line with the election gun ban from September 6 to 12. The PRO-13 Regional...
TIAONG, Quezon – Police arrested a 44-year-old farmer after three unlicensed firearms were discovered in his house during a search warrant operation on Thursday morning, September 14, in Barangay Behia, this municipality. The suspect, Edwin Valencia, was collared by the Quezon Intelligence Unit,...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Monday. August 14, warned members of the Philippine National Police (PNP) against lending firearms issued to them by the government. Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III warns police officers during the public hearing...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Police seized undocumented firearms and ammunition and arrested their owners in separate operations in Batangas and Quezon on Friday, August 11. Police Regional Office 4-A chief Police Brig. Gen. Carlito Gaces identified the gun owners as Jerry Ramirez, a resident...