Genabe forms team to retrieve missing guns

From the Mindanao Gold Star Daily (Aug 9): Genabe forms team to retrieve missing guns

POLICE regional director Chief Supt. Isagani Genabe has ordered the immediate recovery of 135 assorted firearms that were discovered unaccounted in CampAlagar.

CampAlagar spokesman Supt. Michael Pareja said Genabe created a team to locate and retrieve the firearms.

Pareja said it was Genabe who directed his staff to cause the immediate filing of charges against a police officer who supposed to have taken care of the weapons.

Facing criminal and admnistrative cases is PO3 Cindy Daaca, a unit supply accounting officer at CampAlagar. Daaca was charged with 135 counts malversation of government property, and with violation of Republic Act 10591 or the comprehensive law on firearms and ammunition before the local prosecutor’s office.

The complaints against Daaca were filed by two non-commissioned police officers and a CampAlagar employee identified as PO3 Arvin Yorong, PO3 Juben Rosales and Jonor Caranzo.

The two officers alleged that Daaca issued to them pistols with tampered serial numbers.

Caranzo, the officer in charge of CampAlagar’s Regional Supply Accountable Office (RSAO), also filed a complaint against Daaca after 135 assorted firearms were discovered unaccounted in CampAlagar’s stock room.

Pareja said Caranzo was responsible in accepting supplies coming from CampCrame, including firearms and ammunition. The weapons, he said, were turned over to the regional supply office under Daaca.

“Si Daaca dayun ang mag-issue sa firearms and ammunition sa atong kapolisan,” he said.

Genabe has also ordered an examination of all memoranda-requests issued to all provincial, municipal and police stations in northern Mindanao.

“We are still also verifying the types of firearms that were declared missing,” Pareja said.

Pareja said Daaca’s attention was called during an accounting conducted on July 15, 2014 by a group composed of Insp. Romeo Tolentino, SPO2 Julious Rabongque, PO2 Jaquelyn Excelise, PO2 Ruselle Mutia and Judith Mottoomull.

“Daaca failed to answer. This resulted in the filing of criminal charges. She was given due process nga matubag niya ang kaso,” he said.

He said even if all the guns are retrieved, Daaca would still need to answer adminstratuve charges for negligence.

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