By JONG CADION
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PAGADIAN
CITY (June 13, 2019) – The Police Regional Office 9 has arrested a
total of One-Hundred Forty-three gun violators in Zamboanga Peninsula in almost
six-month implementation of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) election gun
ban that run from January 13 up to June 12, 2019, regional police official
disclosd.
Police
Brig. Gen. Froilan F Quidilla, Police Regional Office (PRO) 9 director, said of
the arrested persons, 132 were civilians, three were government troopers, three
were security guard and five were government officials.
The
Acting Regional Director said they were apprehended from January 13 to June 12,
2019 for carrying firearms, gun replicas, explosives, and bladed weapons during
the conduct of law enforcement operations such as checkpoints, buy-bust
operations, police patrols/response, search warrant and other police
operations.
The
confiscated/seized and recovered items include 132 small guns, 3 light weapon guns,
two gun replicas, 9 improvised/homemade guns, 25 pieces of grenades, 28
improvised explosive devices, 1, 378 pieces of ammunition, and 9 bladed
weapons.
Police
Brig. Gen. Froilan F Quidilla, Police Regional Office (PRO) 9 director commended
the whole forces of Police Regional Office 9 and its counterpart from the AFP
and other law enforcement agencies for the successful enforcement and
implementation of the election gun ban across the region which has led in the peaceful
and orderly conduct of May 13 national and local elections in the region.
Meanwhile,
The Regional Director emphasized that despite the termination of election gun
ban on June 12, 2019, he assures the public that the police and AFP are not lowering
their guards as they are still fully committed to implements regular law
enforcement operations and other police operations in order to keep the whole
Zamboanga Peninsula region violence-free. (With PRO9 PIO Press relase and
photo)
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