Gunrunners arrested in Abra

BAGUIO - Three alleged gunrunners were collared in Abra by the Cordillera police over the week before these loose firearms fall into the hands of private armed groups.

By virtue of a search warrant issued by Judge Raphiel Alzate of RTC Branches 1 and 58 of Bangued and Bucay, respectively, Cesar Frio Blanes, 48, a butcher and a resident of Sitio Turod, Calaba, Bangued was arrested in the afternoon of November 9 while Manuel Malaggay Labaoan, 40, married, driver and a resident of Barangay Cabaroan, Tayum was likewise nabbed in the morning of November 8.

Seized from Blanes are one Colt MK IV cal. 45 pistol with serial no. 835621, 12 ammunitions for cal. 45, and two magazines, while one Colt MK IV cal. 45 with serial number 258910, one magazine assembly with eight ammunitions and a holster was found inside the household of Labaoan. SSBaguio