2 alleged gun runners busted in Laguna
TWO men on Friday were arrested in a gun buy-bust operation in Calamba City, Laguna.
Calamba City police chief Lt. Titoy Jay Cuden identified the suspects in their aliases as “Apolinario” and “Jaime.”
Joint operatives of the Calamba City police and the Regional Intelligence Division 4A launched the operation at Purok 4, Bayview Subdivision, Bgy. Bucal in Calamba around 8 p.m. on Friday.
The suspects were in a barangay ambulance when they sold to a police poseur-buyer the guns.
Seized from the two were a 12-gauge shotgun and a cal. 9mm pistol.
Also recovered were three pieces of shotgun ammunition, 12 pieces of 9mm ammunition, a magazine for 9mm, the boodle money and the ambulance used in the transaction.
Charges for violation of Republic Act 10591 or illegal gun trade were filed against the arrested suspects who are now detained at the Calamba City police jail.