SK chairman, nurse, two others arrested for guns

By MydzSupnad

BANGUED, Abra - Despite strict implementation of  total gun ban here, a Sangguniang Kabataan  chairman and a nurse were arrested last week for illegal possession of firearms, police said.

Senior Supt. Benjamin Lusad, Abra police director, said Mardilon dela Cruz, 18, SK chairman, of SitioTapayen, Barangay Alaoa, Tineg town was caught possessing two Cal. 45 pistols with two magazines and 18 live ammunition at a checkpoint in Barangay Talogtog, Dolores, town also in Abra.

Also arrested in Zone 5 was Carlo Magno Harco Tameta, 37, nurse, resident of  no. 3 Zeus Street, Tivoli Green Subdivision, Old Balara, Quezon City.

           

Tameta was arrested entering the Pastoral Center at Rizal Street, Zone 5, Bangued, Abra.

He was found in possession of a Cal. 380 PPKS Smith and Wesson pistol with magazine and three bullets, said Lusad.

           

Chief Supt. Benjamin B. Magalong, regional police director said, other two persons were also arrested by police for violation of gun ban in the Cordillera last week. 

           

Magalong said police, with search warrant, also arrested Wilmer BrillantesManzano, of Barangay  Alinaya, Pidigan, Abra, who was found in possession  a Cal. 45 Taurus, 10 bullets and  Loreto Pedroso of Barangay Ripang, Conner, Apayao, who was in possession of a shotgun and one bullet.

           

 Tameta and  Manzano together with the confiscated firearms are now under the custody of  the Abra Provincial Police Office and Criminal Investigation and Detection Group while Pedroso and the seized improvised firearm is now under custody of Conner Police Station.