Man arrested for illegal gun in Abra

 BANGUED, Abra -- A man was arrested by police for allegedly having in his possession an unlicensed firearm with bullets at a police checkpoint based here along Capitolation Street, Zone I Tuesday.

Senior Supt. Roberto Quinto Soriano, deputy regional director for administration of the Police Regional Office in the Cordillera and Abra provincial police officer-in-charge, identified the arrested individual as Romeo Avila Acosta, a resident of Bangued.

           

Initial police investigation showed joint operatives of the 1st Maneuver Company, Regional Public Safety Battalion and the Bangued Municipal Police Station were conducting a mobile police checkpoint operation when they arrested Acosta who was later found in possession of one Cal.45 Armscor pistol with SN 1354643 with a magazine loaded with eight bullets.

A complaint for violation of Presidential Decree  166 as amended by Republic Act 8294 was filed against Acosta  at the Office of the Provincial Prosecutor, Banguedbut the suspect was released by the Office without bail.