ZAMBOANGA CITY – The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) confiscated firearms from three suspected members of a gun smuggling syndicate during an operation here on Wednesday, Aug. 6. NBI-9 Director Jose Ermie A. Monsanto identified the suspects as Alfahad Sampang Hayidini, 27; Nurhakim...
ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Army recovered two firearms and ammunition left by fleeing New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Capiz province. Troops of the 12th Infantry Battalion retrieved an M16 rifle, one AK-47 rifle, and two magazines after an encounter with NPA rebels in Tapaz town on...
LIPA CITY, Batangas – Undocumented firearms were seized from a 29-year-old buy-and-sell agent and a 27-year-old helper here on July 13. Police Lt. Col. Aleli Cuyan-Buaquen, officer-in-charge of the Lipa City police station, said patrolling lawmen noticed a black motorcycle without a license...
COTABATO CITY – Two suspected gunrunners were arrested and four firearms were seized during an entrapment operation in Marawi City on Tuesday afternoon, police reported Wednesday. Police Col. Caezar Cabuhat, Lanao del Sur police provincial director, identified the suspects as Alino Maamor...
Authorities arrested a rider in Quezon City after a two-minute chase when he tried to flee upon being flagged down for not wearing a helmet and was later found using a carnapped motorcycle and carrying an illegal firearm. The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) arrested the suspect, identified as...
TACLOBAN CITY – Government forces seized five firearms in an encounter with New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Barangay Can-aponte in San Jose de Buan, Samar, the Philippine Army reported on Tuesday. Recovered guns were four M16 rifles and one .45 caliber pistol. Also found were a mobile phone,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two soldiers were injured and robbed of their firearms in a road mishap here on Thursday, June 5. The victims, Army Corporal Juner Vally, driver of the vehicle; and Staff Sgt. Tiyamuat Alrasid, were cruising on the highway in Barangay Calarian when the vehicle rammed an electric...
CEBU CITY – At least 25 firearms were seized in line with the intensified campaign against loose firearms here this month. Police Lt. Col. Maria Theresa Macatangay, deputy city director for operations of the Cebu City Police Office, said these weapons were confiscated during the serving of...
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. The PRO-7 reported that from March 21 to May 20, 15 gun manufacturing sites were dismantled in an intensified...
ILOILO CITY – Police said the robust campaign against loose firearms prevented major election-related violence in Iloilo province. POLICE conduct a checkpoint in Leganes town, Iloilo province. (Tara Yap) The Iloilo Police Provincial Office said almost 250 firearms were retrieved beginning Jan....
Less than a month before the midterm elections in May, authorities arrested two Singaporeans and a Filipino allegedly involved in gun-running activities, and confiscated from them assorted high-powered firearms, the Philippine National Police (PNP) reported on Black Saturday, April 19. The PNP’s...
ILOILO CITY – Police arrested five persons for illegal possession of firearms during a one-day search warrant operation in Iloilo and Capiz provinces on April 7. The Police Regional Office-6 said that four suspects were from Iloilo and one was from Capiz. A total of nine firearms were seized from...
