By Christopher Lloyd Caliwan
MANILA – Police officers arrested an alleged gunrunner and seized 10 firearms in Davao del Sur, the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) said on Wednesday.
In a statement, CIDG chief Maj. Gen. Nicolas Torre III said the suspect, ‘Hassan’, was arrested by the CIDG Davao City Field Unit, together with CIDG Davao del Sur Provincial Field Unit and other territorial police units, in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Zone-3, Digos, Davao del Sur on May 26.
Seized during the operation were a caliber 9mm sub-machine gun and nine caliber 9mm revolvers.
‘Hassan’, a resident of Barangay Linuk, Madalum, Lanao del Sur, is an alleged gunrunner who deals loose firearms from Lanao del Sur to alleged politician-clients all over Mindanao.
He is now facing charges for violation of Republic Act 10591 or the Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Regulation Act.
Torre commended the police units involved in Hasan’s arrest and seizure of the unlicensed firearms.
“We have seized 10 loose firearms, all at once, and arrested the alleged gunrunner. Therefore, we significantly prevented the use and utilization of these firearms for the killings and crimes in Mindanao,” he said.
“Rest assured that the CIDG is unrelenting and unyielding in its fight against loose firearms and gunrunning and gun-for-hire activities nationwide.” (PNA)
