Guns, ammo confiscated from ex-cop’s house in Isabela

ALICIA, Isabela – Law enforcers seized guns and assorted ammunition in two raids conducted at the houses of a retired police officer and his cousin in Barangay (village) San Fernando here on Thursday morning (Nov. 29).

Senior Supt. Mariano Rodriguez, Isabela police director, said retired Senior Police Officer 3 Nicasio Bautista and his cousin, Danilo Eliazar, were subjects of search warrants issued by Judge Reymundo Aumentado, Regional Trial Court executive judge in Cauayan City.

But both men were not at the houses during the raid.

The two men were caught on October 3 in Metro Manila for robbing a Chinese trader, police said, but have been out on bail.

The police seized from Bautista’s house a Cal. 22 Winchester gun with a scope, 93 magazines for an M-16 Armalite rifle, seven bullets for a Cal. 45 gun, five bullets for a Cal. 38, a bandolier and a gun case.

The police confiscated a Cal. 45 handgun, 14 bullets for Cal. 45 and 12 bullets for a Cal.38 pistol, and an improvised Cal. 22 pointer from Eliazar’s house.