Pangasinan cops arrest 6 members of crime gang

DAGUPAN CITY — Police on Thursday arrested six suspected members of a criminal gang during a raid at a residential compound in Balungao town, Pangasinan province.

Efren Urmita, Midi Lilagan, Joel Lilagan, Christopher Oria, Julito Asuncion and Wilson Gaon were caught in possession of an M16 Armalite rifle, two 9-mm Beretta pistols, five .45 caliber pistols, a .38 caliber pistol, a .22 caliber pistol, a rifle grenade and assorted bullets, according to Senior Supt. Ronald Oliver Lee, Pangasinan police director.

A seventh suspect, Gerry Lilagan, was not in his house at the time of the police operation. JE/rga