Camp BGen Efigenio C Navarro, Calapan City – Police arrested a 54-year-old man for allegedly possessing undocumented firearms and ammunitions during a law enforcement operation in El Nido, Palawan on Wednesday, March 20, 2024.
Police report revealed that at about 6:40 AM, personnel from Palawan PPO Provincial Intelligence Unit together with El Nido Municipal Police Station, 401st B MC RMFB, and 4th Platoon 2nd Palawan PMFC, apprehended alias “Joletio”, 54, after discovering undocumented firearms and ammunitions in his residence in Sitio Vigan, Brgy. Bebeladan, El Nido, Palawan.
The authorities confiscated ten (10) pieces of caliber .38 live ammunition, one (1) unit caliber .38 revolver, one (1) unit lower receiver improvised/homemade shotgun, one (1) unit upper receiver/barrel improvised/homemade shotgun.
The operation stemmed from a search warrant issued by the Regional Trial Court, Branch 164 in Roxas, Palawan.
The arrested person and confiscated pieces of evidence are now under police custody for proper disposition.