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Friday, March 16, 2018

Malangas Local Officials surrender 28 loose firearms and 2 explosives to Police Regional Office 9


By Jong Cadion

ZAMBOANGA CITY (March 16, 2018) - The Police Regional Office 9 (PRO9) headed by PCSUPT Billy B Beltran, Regional Director received Twenty Eight (28) assorted firearms and two (2) explosives which were surrendered by local and village officials of Malangas, Zamboanga Sibugay to the local PNP at about 10:00 AM Thursday (March 15), official said.

ZCPO-PRO9 PCInsp Helen L Galvez disclosed that Eighteen (18) units 12 Gauge Shotgun; Five (5) units Caliber 45 pistol; One (1) unit Caliber 22 pistol; One (1) unit Sumpak (Homemade); One (1) unit Rifle Grenade; and One (1) unit Hand Grenade including three (3) units of Garand Rifles were among the list of firearms that were turned over by the local officials of Malangas. An inventory of those loose firearms and explosives was then conducted and properly turned over to Provincial Logistics Branch of Zamboanga Sibugay Police Provincial Office while the three (3) units of Garand Rifle were returned back to the 44th Infantry Battalion, Phil. Army for proper disposition.




PCSUPT Billy B Beltran Regional Director said that some of the participants during the mass turned over of loose firearm were informed of the laws in possessing firearms through the Regional Civil Security Unit 9. Likewise, he urged the public to surrender their unlicensed and unregistered firearms to the authority either PNP or AFP to ensure the peace and tranquility of the community. 

He further pointed out that the laudable action of the local officials of Malangas may serve as model for other government officials and residents in the entire Zamboanga Peninsula.
       

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