Joint police and Army units in Maguindanao on Tuesday
arrested one of the two suspects believed to be engaged in gunrunning
activities in Datu Paglas town.
Senior Superintendent Edwin Quilates, regional director of
Philippine National Police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG),
identified the suspect as Rasid Madidis, 44, of Barangay Damawata, Datu Paglas,
Maguindanao.
His companion, identified as Mama Andang, was not in his
home during the raid conducted past 11 a.m. Tuesday.
The lawmen were armed with arrest warrants for Madidis and
Andang issued by Regional Trial Court Branch 13 Judge Bansawan Ibrahim.
Aside from CIDG agents, the team was also composed of
Regional Public Safety Battalion (PRSB) operatives, Datu Paglas municipal
police office and elements of the 33rd Infantry Battalion.
"The subject person did not resist arrest but he denied
involvement in any crime and that he owned the gun seized from him,"
Quilates said.
Police seized a 9mm Beretta pistol from Madidis but he
denied owning the gun, saying it was pawned to him by a friend who is supposed
to be a police officer.
The raiding team failed to arrest Andang because he was not
around when the lawmen raided his home. However, police recovered unlicensed
M-14 Armalite rifle, one AR-15 rifle and one cal. 45 pistol with ammunition
from the house of Andang.
Quilates said Madidis, who is now under the custody of the
CIDG-ARMM, will be charged with illegal possession of firearms and ammunition.
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