(Police led by Col. Villamor Tuliao, Bataan police director, present loose firearms confiscated in different raids in the province. Photo by Ernie Esconde)
BALANGA CITY — Bataan Police on Monday announced the arrest of five persons and the confiscation of assorted firearms, ammunitions and hand grenade in separate raids in the towns of Hermosa, Morong, Mariveles, Orion, and Limay.
Police Colonel Villamor Tuliao, Bataan police director, said the operations in the implementation of search warrants from July 4 – 7, 2019 yielded 14 various loose firearms and one fragmentation grenade from seven suspects with two still at-large.
The firearms with several live ammunitions consisted of .38 and .45 pistols, 12-gauge shotgun, 9mm pistol, and some others.
“Ang accomplishment na ito ay intervention to curve shooting incident and robbery holdup sa Bataan. We targeted several individuals na may mga baril,” he said.
He said that as a result of the operations, crime incidents in the province went down from 12 last week to six this week.
Tuliao called on licensed gun holders to renew their licenses if already expired. He said that he has requested for a licensing mobile caravan to go to Bataan to accommodate gun licensing renewal/registration.
For unlicensed firearms, the police director said they will conduct continuous operations until the illegal firearms are in their custody.
“Aarestuhin natin ang mga may-ari ng hindi lisensiyadong baril,” Tuliao said.
