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Two gun ban violators nabbed

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BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN

Two more gun ban violators have been accounted for, following their arrests on January 16 and 17, in Hinoba-an and Victorias City, Negros Occidental, respectively, bringing to five the number of apprehended suspects since it was enforced on January 9, in line with the May 2022 elections.

Policemen who responded to an incident of alarm and scandal arrested two suspects identified as Rodolfo Nicor and Efren Mancao, at Sitio Salvacion in Brgy. Talagacay, Hinobaan.

Nicor and Mancao, who tried to flee on board a motorcycle, were however held by police officers.

The arrest of two suspects yielded a caliber .45 pistol with a magazine containing five ammunition and a black Click 125 motorcycle.

The arrest yesterday of Ricky Jade Yap at Brgy. 13 in Victorias City also yielded an improvised shotgun with two live ammunition and three sachets of suspected shabu with a market value of P3,400, police said.

Last week, the police also arrested two other gun ban violators in Kabankalan City and another one in Cadiz City.

The Commission on Election, in its issued resolution No. 10728, said the bearing, carrying and transporting of firearms and other deadly weapons are prohibited during the election period, starting from January 9 up to June 8.

“No person shall employ, avail him/herself or engage the services of security personnel or bodyguards, whether or not such security personnel or bodyguards are regular members or officers of the PNP, AFP, other law enforcement agencies of the government or from a private security service provider, unless authorized by the Commission, through the Committee on the Ban on Firearms and Security Concerns (CBFSC),” the resolution read.*

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