Posted to Kalinaw News (Feb 12, 2022): Lawless element apprehended, firearms seized in Basilan
Camp Navarro, Calarian, Zamboanga City – February 12, 2022
Firearms and ammunition were seized from a lawless element in Basilan in the wee hours of February 12, 2022. Lt. Gen. Alfredo Rosario, Jr., Commander of Western Mindanao Command said combined elements of the PNP Special Action Force and 18th Infantry Battalion conducted a joint law enforcement operation to serve a Warrant of Arrest for Murder on Ernie Hawari, a.k.a. Kulot in Barangay Baimbing, Lamitan City, Basilan.
During the serving of the warrant, Hawari promptly fired upon the operating troops using his M16 rifle. This forced the government forces to retaliate, hitting the target on his left hand. Hawari was immediately evacuated to Lamitan City District Hospital for medical attention.
“The operation yielded to the arrest of Hawari and the seizure of one M16 rifle with four magazines, two rifle grenades, and three rounds of M203 ammunition. Operating troops immediately secured the area to preempt any hostile activity that may be perpetrated by his possible allies,” Brig. Gen. Domingo Gobway, Commander of Joint Task Force Basilan said.
The subject is one of the suspects in an anti-personnel mine explosion in a temporary checkpoint in Campo Uno, Lamitan City that resulted in the death of one soldier and the wounding of another sometime in August 2021.
“We sustain our strengthened coordination with the police and other law enforcement units to continuously eliminate the menaces of society and curb unlawful activities in our area of operation. Rest assured that we intensify further our operations especially during this election period to protect the communities from the terror ploys of the enemies of the state,” Lt. Gen. Rosario, Jr. emphasized.
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