SEIZED FIREARMS. The four guns found by raiding Army and police forces (inset) in Barangay Kayaga, Kabacan, North Cotabato on Tuesday (Sept. 3, 2019). (Photos courtesy of North Cotabato PPO)
Joint police and military operatives on Tuesday seized four high-powered guns in Kabacan, North Cotabato.
Col. Maximo Layugan, North Cotabato police provincial director, quoting a report from Kabacan municipal police office, said the operation was launched by the Kabacan police and the Philippine Army’s Charlie Company of the 7th Infantry Battalion after a volley of gunfire was heard in Sitio Lumayong, Barangay Kayaga in Kabacan.
The recovered firearms include one M-16 rifle, one M14 rifle, one M1 Garand rifle, and one Carbine rifle.
Layugan said the troops were conducting foot patrol when they heard an exchange of gunfire involving gunmen in the village at about 7 a.m.
When the police and military arrived in the village, the residents hid in their homes, forcing the authorities to conduct a zoning operation.
“The guns have no legal papers and are considered loose firearms,” Layugan said of the guns found inside an abandoned house.
The villagers were silent as to who owned the guns. Police invited some of the residents for questioning regarding the matter.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1079486
Col. Maximo Layugan, North Cotabato police provincial director, quoting a report from Kabacan municipal police office, said the operation was launched by the Kabacan police and the Philippine Army’s Charlie Company of the 7th Infantry Battalion after a volley of gunfire was heard in Sitio Lumayong, Barangay Kayaga in Kabacan.
The recovered firearms include one M-16 rifle, one M14 rifle, one M1 Garand rifle, and one Carbine rifle.
Layugan said the troops were conducting foot patrol when they heard an exchange of gunfire involving gunmen in the village at about 7 a.m.
When the police and military arrived in the village, the residents hid in their homes, forcing the authorities to conduct a zoning operation.
“The guns have no legal papers and are considered loose firearms,” Layugan said of the guns found inside an abandoned house.
The villagers were silent as to who owned the guns. Police invited some of the residents for questioning regarding the matter.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1079486
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