Quezon village watchman nabbed for possession of illegal gun

LUCENA CITY –– A barangay tanod (village watchman) in Sariaya town in Quezon province was arrested for alleged illegal possession of a firearm.

A police team nabbed Alexander Cabula, 49, a watchman in Barangay Bignay I, for carrying an undocumented caliber .45 pistol in the said village around 8:30 p.m., a report said.

A policeman accosted Cabula, whom they saw with a pistol grip protruding from his waist.

The suspect failed to produce a permit and license for the said firearm.

Cabula was detained at the local police jail and will be charged with illegal possession of firearms and ammunition under the Comprehensive Law on Firearms and Ammunition.

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