51 Firearms, 1 Hand grenade Turned-Over to Titay MPS

 

Photo shows HON. LEONARDO B. TALANIA, Municipal Mayor of Titay and assisted by LT. COL. DANILO AMBE, CO, 42nd, INF IB PA, turned over to PSSUPT NESTOR Y TIEMPO, PD, ZSBPPO the assorted firearms surrendered at Titay ZSP

TITAY, Zamboanga Sibgugay (July 26, 2018) - Fifty-one assorted firearms including one hand grenade were turned over by the Twenty-Two Barangay Chairman of Titay municipality during the Mass Surrender of Loose Firearms held at 3rd Floor, Municipal Hall Building, Titay, Zamboanga Sibugayat about 10:00am of July 23, 2018, Police official said.

PCI Ricardo Tabanas Pacaña, OIC of Titay MPS, initiated the mass surrender of Firearms. PSSUPT Nestor Y Tiempo, Provincial Director, Zamboanga Sibugay Police Provincial Office, LT. Col. Danilo Ambe, Commanding Officer of 42nd Infantry Battalion of Phil Army, 1st Lt. Rommel P. Galvez, Commanding Officer, “A” Coy of 44th Infantry Battalion attended the occasion, Police Regional Office 9 (PRO9), PIO Chief CINSP Helen L. Galvez disclosed.

CINSP Galvez added that Titay Municipal Mayor Leonardo B. Talania together with Barangay Chairman of different Barangay of Titay, Zamboanga Sibugay, also attended the said activity.

Galvez said that the fifty-one assorted firearms and one explosive, which were surrendered to the Zamboanga Sibugay Police Provincial Office, were as follows:

Thirty-seven units 12 Gauge Improvise Long Shotgu,

Eight unitsCal .38 revolver,

Two units Cal .22 revolver

One units Cal.5.56 pistol Improvised

One unit Hand grenade

Three Units Pistolized Homemade shot gun.

Meanwhile, during the ceremony, the participants were informed of the laws in possessing the firearms. Likewise, Titay MPS OIC Chief 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.

Galvez also said that after the said activity, inventory was conducted and those loose firearms and explosives, which were surrendered to the PNP, were turnover to Provincial Logistics Branchf or proper disposition. (By JONG CADION)

Photo shows HON. LEONARDO B. TALANIA, Municipal Mayor of Titay and assisted by LT. COL. DANILO AMBE, CO, 42nd, INF IB PA, turned over to PSSUPT NESTOR Y TIEMPO, PD, ZSBPPO the assorted firearms surrendered at Titay ZSP.