Joint police and Philippine Marines forces arrested
Wednesday three persons and seized high powered firearms and illegal drugs in a
remote village in Kalamansig, Sultan Kudarat.
Senior Inspector Patrick Elma, Kalamansig town police chief,
said elements of Kalamansig PNP and 7th Marine Battalion landing team raided a
house in the coastal village of Nalilidan and seized 81 sachets of
methamphetamine hydrochloride, cal. 60 machine gun, cal. 45 pistols, hand held
radio, home made pistols and assorted ammunition for cal. 30 garand rifle, cal.
45 pistol and cal. 38 revolver.
Elma withheld the identities of the suspects while
investigation was still going on. Two of the suspects have been facing murder
and multiple frustrated murder charges.
Armed with a search warrant, the police, Special Action
Force and Philippine Marine troopers raided the house at past 1:00 a.m. on
Wednesday.
On orders of Senior Supt. Raul Supiter, Sultan Kudarat
police provincial director, all police chief in the province were to implement
"Oplan Double Barrel," a comprehensive police anti-crime and
anti-illegal drive targeting street crimes and big time syndicates.
In his report to Supiter, Elma said the trio who are
currently detained at Kalamansig police lock up cell are still undergoing
tactical interrogation.
The raid was also part of "PROJECT DUTERTE" which
stands for Drug Use and Trafficking Elimination through Rehabilitation,
Training and Enforcement. It is a pet project of Police Regional Office 12
based in Gen.Santos
City
Region 12 is composed of the provinces of North Cotabato, South Cotabato , Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani and the cities
of Ctoabato, Kidapawan, Tacurong, Koronadal and Gen. Santos.
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