A suspected gun- runner fell into the hands of lawmen after an entrapment operation of the Aklan Police Provincial Office (APPO) and Aklan Provincial Public Safety Company (APPSC) jointly conducted in coordination with the Kalibo Police Station.
APPO acting provincial director S/Supt. Cornelio T. Defensor said the suspect, Edgar Pastrana, 56, of Barangay Tinigao, Kalibo, Aklan was arrested on Monday, February 14 while in the act of selling assorted firearms to a police poseur-buyer at Purok 3, Tinigao, Kalibo.
Defensor said the arrest of Pastrana is part of the Aklan PPO’s campaign against illegal possession of firearms and the government’s fight against criminality.
Confiscated from the suspect are one caliber .45 Colt MK bearing serial no. 486325, one Armscor air gun rifle converted to caliber 22 rifle, one unit unidentified caliber pistol with serial no. 16077013, one standard magazine of caliber 45 without ammunition, two magazines with seven live ammunition and one piece 22 rimpire ammunition.
Moreover, the suspect voluntarily surrendered 33 live ammunitions of caliber .45 and .22, one cal. 45 holster and 1 unit N6070 cellular phone.
APPO deputy provincial director Supt. Samuel Nacion said, prior to the entrapment operation, the suspect was under constant surveillance for almost a month. It was confirmed the suspect was allegedly active in the gunrunning activities in Kalibo, Aklan.
Defensor said the operation is part of Aklan PPO’s intensified implementation of police integrated patrol system and the conduct of more frequent patrols in crime-prone areas based on reports of rampant robberies happening in Aklan’s capital town of Kalibo.
The Kalibo PNP is readying criminal charges of gunrunning and violation of PD 1866 as amended by Republic Act 8294 to be filed against the suspect who is presently under debriefing on the source of the firearms and his list of prospective buyers. (PNA)
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