
Cops nab plus gun ban violators since Jan 12
AT LEAST 334 violators of the nationwide gun ban have been apprehended by agents of the Philippine National Police (PNP) since last Jan. 12, according to a report to PNP chief General Rommel Francisco D. Marbil.
Also confiscated were 3357 firearms, including 94 pistols, 147 revolvers, one rifle and six shotguns.
The PNP Public Information Office headed by Colonel Randulf T. Tuaño said that police are also investigating 5 suspected election-related incidents since the start of the polling period.
The PNP-PIO said that firearms were seized as a result of 56 checkpoint operations, 195 police responses, 10 other police operations and 76 buy-busts.
The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) accounted for 97 of the weapons while the Police Regional Office (PRO)-3 seized 78.
The PRO-7 confiscated 36 firearms and the PRO-9 accounted for 12.
Other gun ban offenders arrested included 2 foreign nationals, 1 appointed government official, 2 members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, 10 security guards and 2 other law enforcement officers.
Since January 12, nearly 70,000 Comelec-supervised checkpoints have been implemented by the police force.