Police and military forces have intercepted and arrested
eight armed men in the nearby town of Siocon
Senior Supt. Edwin Buenaventura Wagan, provincial police
director, said the gunmen were arrested around 3 p.m. Friday in Barangay New
Lituban, Siocon municipality.
Wagan identified the arrested suspects as the following:
Burha Salaysay, 22; Basser Alibbon, 36; Bulak Salaysay, 29; Alpine Paniorotan,
25; Mokarabin Mustapatahil, 27; Alhari Osama, 28; Lordi Cadil, 25; and, Oyong
Diga, 32.
Wagan said the suspects were arrested in a checkpoint for
violation of the election gun ban.
He added the joint police and military forces have set up
the checkpoint following reports that a group of people bringing with them
firearms have boarded a tricycle heading towards Siocon coming from the town of
Sirawai
He said the troops confiscated from the suspects’ possession
an M-16 Armalite rifle with several rounds of ammunition, a caliber .45 pistol
with eight live ammunition and a hand grenade.
He said the suspects were detained at Siocon police
headquarters while appropriate charges are set to be filed against them.
Both the police and military have tightened security to
ensure the peaceful conduct of the local and national elections on Monday in
this province.
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