Lawmen seized some 20 assorted firearms from an individual during a raid on Friday in Barangay Banaba, Datu Abdullah Sangki (DAS), Maguindanao.
Combined forces from the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group – Autonomous Region in Mulim Mindanao (ARMM), the Police Regional Office – ARMM and DAS police unit carried out the operation and arrested a certain Wiily Evangelista over the discovery of a cache of firearms in his possession.
Armed with a search warrant issued by Regional Trial Court Branch 13 Judge Bansawan Ibrahim, the lawmen swopped down the village of Banaba at around 6 a.m. and caught the suspect flat-footed.
Recovered from the suspect’s house were 12 pieces of .45-caliber pistols; two M16 rifles; one AK-47 rifle; one KG9 assault rifle; one Garand rifle; one Ingram machine pistol; one 9mm pistol; one .38 – caliber revolver; 160 rounds of assorted bullets; and various firearm bullet clips, among others.
Speaking over local radio station DXMY, Chief Inspector Allan Uy, the CIDG-ARMM spokesman, said the operation forms part of “Oplan Paglalansag” that they are implementing in the region. He said appropriate charges of illegal possession of firearms are now being readied against the suspect.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1031104
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