BALAMBAN CIVIL SECURITY UNIT HEAD SURRENDERS 3 UNLICENSED FIREARMS

A retired police officer surrendered his three unlicensed firearms to the police of Balamban last Wednesday afternoon. Senior Insp. Deni Mari Pedrozo, the town police chief, said Arvie Ricardo Banate Jr. gave up a .38 revolver with bullets, a .9mm Black Widow revolver with bullets and a .45 pistol BCG Pro without a magazine. Banate is the current head of the Balamban Municipal Government’s Civil Security Unit. Pedrozo said Banate surrendered the firearms for safekeeping and the retired police officer made the gesture to erase doubts that the firearms will be used in the barangay elections next month. The firearms will be subjected to ballistics test to determine if these were used in previous shooting incidents in Balamban. Pedrozo urged other retired police officers, barangay officials, candidates and civilians to surrender loose firearms. Last Monday night, Melvin Baliguat and Joel Torreon Aliviado were caught carrying loose firearms in a checkpoint in Barangay Nangka.