From Kalinaw News (May 4, 2023): Government forces seize high-powered firearms during checkpoint operation in North Cotabato
Camp Navarro, Calarian, Zamboanga City – May 4, 2023
Joint AFP and PNP forces seized high-powered firearms during a checkpoint operation at Grebona Patrol Base, Libungan, North Cotabato on Thursday morning, May 4.
Troops of the 34th Infantry Battalion and PNP Libungan flagged down a silver Toyota Vios with plate number NXB742 driven by Norudin Usop and ridden by his wife Guianbai Demalelai and their children who are both minors.
Seized from their possession were ten M16 rifles, ten lower receivers for R4 rifles, five barrels for 5.56mm rifles, two handheld radio(s), and six pairs of handguard cover for M16 rifle.
Usop and his family were going towards Cotabato City from Manila via Surigao City. They were intercepted by the operating troops while they were traversing the Bukidnon-Alamada-Libungan Highway.
Based on the initial investigation, the arrested personality was a courier of a gun-running group, who are selling illegal firearms to PAGs and other armed groups in North Cotabato and Maguindanao Provinces. The mastermind of the gun-running network is still the subject of the ongoing investigation.
Western Mindanao Command Chief, Lt. Gen. Roy Galido commended the troops for this significant accomplishment. “Your armed forces continue to assist the police in the intensified conduct of law enforcement operations to deter crimes and contain lawless elements operating in our area of operation.”
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