By John Rey Saavedra
CEBU CITY – A former soldier is among the violators of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) gun ban arrested by the authorities in Talisay City, south of Cebu province.
The suspect identified only as “Rosevile,” 48, who went absent without leave (AWOL) from the military service and is working as a butcher, was arrested in his residence in Sitio Florida, Barangay Dumlog.
The officers from the Talisay City Police Office were armed with a search warrant issued by Judge Romeo Reyes Jr. of the Regional Trial Court Branch 7 in Talisay City when they raided Rosevile’s house.
Recovered was a .45 caliber pistol with five live rounds of ammunition.
Lt. Col. Epraem Paguyod, chief of the Talisay City police, said in a report that the suspect’s neighbors lodged complaints against the suspect for his misbehavior when he gets drunk.
Paguyod said they are also checking the information that the suspect was into illegal drug use.
According to Paguyod, their intensified patrol operations netted five more individuals for illegal possession of firearms and ammunition.
The suspects included a 30-year-old man apprehended in Sitio Didos, Barangay Linao, Talisay City after police confiscated a .38 caliber revolver with three live rounds; and a 38-year-old man nabbed in Purok Mangga, Barangay Candulawan, Talisay City who yielded a .45 caliber pistol with three live rounds of ammunition.
Another suspect, a 34-year-old man, was arrested in Sitio San Miguel, Barangay Linao, for carrying a .38 caliber revolver; a 20-year-old man was arrested in Purok Tambis, Barangay Pooc, carrying a .357 revolver and two live rounds of ammunition; and a 20-year-old man was apprehended in Barangay San Roque for carrying a .22 revolver with four live rounds of ammunition but without papers.
Paguyod said all suspects, who are now detained, are facing charges for illegal possession of firearms and ammunition, as well as violations of the Comelec gun ban. (PNA)
