From the Business Mirror (Mar 4, 2019): Soldiers recover 2,025 loose firearms in Central Mindanao
The Army’s 6th Infantry Division (ID) based in Central Mindanao reported it had already confiscated or received a total of 2,025 loose firearms.
The campaign against loose firearms, initiated by 6th ID commander Major Gen. Cirilito Sobejana, aimed to ensure that only authorized individuals are allowed to possess and carry firearms in Central Mindanao where the government is battling terrorist groups, especially the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters.
Sobejana said the campaign also supported the drive of the Philippine National Police to recover at least a million firearms that are in the hands of unauthorized civilians in the whole of Mindanao.
Over the weekend, at least nine loose firearms were turned over to the members of the Alpha Company of 90th Infantry Battalion during ceremonies in the Barangays of Talitay in the province of Maguindanao.
The firearms were surrendered by residents of Barangays Poblacion, Pageda, Kilalan, Macadayon, Manggay and Kiladap, all of Talitay.
The surrender of firearms was facilitated by Datu Fajad Midtimbang, the president of the Association of Barangay Captains of Talitay. The weapons surrendered included two M-16 riffle, five shotguns, a homemade M-14 rifle and one locally made .38-caliber revolver with assorted ammunition.
Sobejana said he welcomed the surrender of the weapons, adding that he considered the act as a show of support to the 6th ID’s campaign to recover loose firearms.
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