By JONG CADION
ALICIA,
Zamboanga Sibugay (May 9, 2018) - A mass surrender of assorted loose firearms
held at the Municipal Plaza, Brgy. Poblacion, Alicia, Zamboanga Sibugay.
Police
Chief Inspector Rico B. Pondol, Officer-In-Charge Alicia MPS, initiated the
mass surrender of firearms.
PSSUPT
Nestor Y. Tiempo, Provincial Director of Zamboanga Sibugay Police Provincial
Office, attended the activity together with PSUPT Cyrus C. Belarmino, Asst.
Regional Chief/Provincial Officer, CIDG, Zamboanga Sibugay and the Commanding
Officer of the Army’s 44th Infantry Battalion LTC Jonathan P. Obena
(GSC), 1ID.
Alicia
Municipal Mayor Yashier Musa and his Municipal Vice Mayor Remberto Sotto together
with the Barangay Chairman of the twenty seven (27) barangays of the said
municipality attended and supported the PNP and military program against the
loose firearms.
There
were a total of thirty-four (34) assorted firearms surrendered to the PNP
during the said activity:
-twenty-nine (29) units of 12 Gauge Shotgun (Homemade);
-three (3) units of Caliber .45 pistols;
-one (1) unit M16 Rifle (Elisco); and
-one (1) unit
Garand Rifle..
Further,
there were also five (5) firearms surrendered to 44th IB, PA and were also
presented during the ceremony, as follows:
-Two (2) units M14 Rifles;
-Two (2) unit M16 Rifles; and
-One (1) unit M203 Rifle
During
the ceremony, the participants were informed of the provisions of the law in
possessing the firearms pursuant to RA 10591.
Likewise,
urged the public that all those unlicensed and unregistered firearms must be
surrendered either to the PNP or AFP to ensure the peace and tranquility in the
community.
Meanwhile,
an inventory was conducted to the loose firearms that were surrendered to the
PNP were turnover to Provincial Logistics Branch, while the five (5) unit
firearms surrendered to the AFP were returned back to the AFP for proper disposition.
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