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| Seizure of high powered firearms from the suspect's house during the Joint AFP-PNP Law Enforcement Operation |
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By JONG CADION
PAGADIAN CITY (April 27, 2019) - The operating troops
from the Mechanized Companies (51, 52 & 53) of 5th Mechanized Infantry
(Kaagapay) Battalion under Lieutenant Colonel Rolando D Orengo, Battalion
Commander seized four (4) assorted firearms, ammunitions and explosives and
apprehended 2 personalities during the conduct of Law Enforcement Support
Operations on
the daybreak of April 24, 2019 in the neighboring province of Lanao del Norte.
Lt.
Col. Orengo disclosed that the operation was conducted together with the 11 DRC
under 2nd Lieutenant Castro; Crime
Investigation and Detection group (CIDG), Lanao del Norte; CIDG, Iligan City;
Municipal Police Station (MPS) Kapatagan of Lanao del Norte under
Police/Captain Latar through a simultaneous serving of search warrants to the
houses of identified personalities who allegedly possessed unlicensed firearms
in Municipalities of Sapad and Kapatagan.
The
suspected personalities arrested were identified as certain Jessie Alger Sr.,
64 years of age, residents of Barangay Katipunan, Sapad, LDN and a certain Jael
Tero, a resident of Panuloon, Sapad LDN for alleged violation of RA 10591
(Proliferation Against Loose Firearms).
The
operation was resulted to the seizure of the following:
one
(1) M16 rifle,
one
(1) M1 garrand rifle,
one
(1) cal. 45 pistol,
one
(1) shot gun,
one
(1) fragmentary grenades,
ten
(10) garrand clip magazines,
two
(200) hundred rounds of ammunitions,
seven
(7) stainless M16 Magazines loaded with ammunition,
two
(2) bandoleers, and
one
(1) waist pistol holster, all in the custody of CIDG, Lanao del Norte for
ballistic testing while the arrested personalities were brought to the
Headquarters of the CIDG Lanao del Norte, Pigcaranan, Tubod, Lanao del Norte
for filing of appropriate charges and proper disposition.
The
successful joint Law Enforcement Support Operations (LESO) was done in response
to the persistent reports coming from the concerned citizens of the said place
regarding individuals possessing unlicensed firearms.
It was
recalled that the Army's 5Mechanized Infantry Battalion intensified its
campaign and efforts in close coordination with the local government units of
the province to encourage their constituents for the voluntary turnover of
loose firearms in line with the campaign of the 2Mechanized Infantry Brigade
under Brigadier General Ezra James P Enriquez AFP, Commander, anchored in line
with the call of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on the campaign to apprehend
loose firearms.
Lieutenant
Colonel Orengo, the Commanding Officer of 5th Mechanized Infantry Battalion was
grateful to the communities of the municipalities of Sapad and Kapatagan for
their cooperation and trust to the Philippine Army that led to the seizure of
unlicensed firearms, ammunitions, explosives and the apprehension of 2
personalities.
He also
commended the troops for their commitment to secure the people of Lanao del
Norte. "We enjoined the people of Lanao del Norte to work hand-in-hand
with the 5th Mechanized Infantry Battalion in keeping and sustaining peace
through constant reporting and close coordination.
“The
operation will bring message to all that the campaign against loose firearms
will continue to attain a society free from violence and intimidation which
will eventually lead to orderly and peaceful community ready for economic
progress," Orengo stated. (with Press
Release with photos from 5th Mechanized Battalion, PA)
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