Sun.Star Cebu

Police on the lookout for armed persons

- / FROM FMD OF SUPERBALIT­A CEBU/ KAL

The conduct of checkpoint­s under the supervisio­n of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) will start at 12 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 13, to prevent the proliferat­ion of loose firearms.

The election gun ban will run from Jan. 13 to June 12, according to the Comelec.

The Police Regional Office (PRO) 7 also announced on Friday, Jan. 11, that they would conduct regular checkpoint­s.

Gun ban exemption

PRO 7 Director Debold Sinas said public announceme­nts were made to let owners of firearms know that they could surrender their weapons to police stations for safekeepin­g.

As of Saturday, Jan. 12, he said no individual had applied for a gun ban exemption.

Without the exemption, a gun owner with a license and a permit to carry firearm will be arrested if he is caught carrying his gun outside his residence.

Sinas said the first police station to arrest a gun ban violator will receive a reward from him.

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