4 Chinese nationals caught with high-powered rifles

From the Manila Bulletin (May 29): 4 Chinese nationals caught with high-powered rifles

CAMP JUAN, Ilocos Norte - Police operatives arrested four Chinese nationals after they were caught with high-powered firearms in a checkpoint along the national highway in Barangay Davila, Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte last Tuesday evening.

Superitendent Jeffrey Gorospe, spokesman of the Ilocos Norte police office, identified the arrested Chinese nationals as Dang Hoi Yin, Lui Sin, Lei Guang Fen and Dennis Co.

The Chinese nationals were on-board in a SUV driven by Co when they were arrested in a checkpoint.

The arresting lawmen recovered from the suspects three sub-machine guns, two .45 caliber pistols, three 9mm pistols, four silencers for different types of guns, hundreds rounds of ammunition, eight hand grenades, one improvised explosive device (IED) and improvised plate of vehicle.

Gorospe said that the Chinese nationals were immediately brought to the custody of the Bureau of Immigration and Deportation (BID) for the filing of appropriate charges against them.

It was reported the before the Chinese nationals were arrested, the suspects were fingered in an incident near a gasoline station in Barangay Nagsanga, Pasuquin town after they suddenly broke bottles.

The gasoline owner called police assistance after the incident, but the suspects escaped immediately upon seeing the responding lawmen.

The lawmen chased the suspects and managed to trap them in a checkpoint in the nearby Barangay Davila, Pasuquin town.

Meanwhile, BID – Ilocos Norte Chief Paul Versosa theorized that the four arrested Chinese nationals had planned to undertake terrorist activity as  shown by their possession of several high- powered firearms and explosives.

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