Ex-mayor nabbed; councilor, two hurt in Abra gun attack

BANGUED, Abra – A former mayor of Langiden town of this province was arrested Tuesday for illegal guns and drug paraphernalia even as a councilor, his younger brother and a 12-year-old bystander were wounded in a gun attack in front of a bar in Bangued night of July 2.

The raid on the house of former mayor Noel Castillo in Barangay Cabuloan was based on a search warrant issued by Abra Regional Trial Court Branch 58 Judge Raphiel Alzate.

Police recovered five .45 caliber pistols and bullets for various guns.

Authorities also seized various drug paraphernalia, including an improvised smoke pipe, tooters, assorted lighters, an improvised burner, a digital weighing scale and four plastic sachets.       

Meanwhile, still in  Bangued, a councilor, his younger brother and a 12-year-old bystander were wounded in a gun attack in front of a bar night of July 2.

Allen Brix Bachiller is now confined at the Lorma Hospital in San Fernando, La Union, where he was transferred from the Seares Memorial Hospital in Abra.

Alex and his brother Angelo picked up a friend at the Tropicana Bar when they were shot as they were to enter their Toyota Innova (ZPU-924).

The boy, identified only as Ben, was hit by a stray bullet.

Seven bullet shells for a .45-caliber pistol and three bullets for a .32-caliber pistol were recovered at the scene.